TAKE PART IN THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE FUTURE OF INTERREG AFTER 2027
The future of Interreg after 2027
The Interreg MAC programme, co-financed by the EU, has been a fundamental support for boosting cooperation between Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands and neighbouring West African countries. For more than 20 years, the MAC programme has co-funded hundreds of joint projects, which have created strong links between the entities of the participating territories and generated an extremely valuable capital of knowledge and good practices.
In the current period 2021-2027 the geographical scope of the programme has been extended to 4 additional African countries, in addition to the 3 that were already participating in the 2014-2020 period, bringing the total number of programme partner countries to 7: Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Mauritania, Senegal, Sao Tome and Principe.
What do we want this cooperation to look like in the future? How can Interreg continue to help strengthen relations between the EU outermost regions (ORs) of Madeira, the Azores and the Canaries and their African neighbours?
The debate on the future of Cohesion Policy and Interreg (territorial cooperation) started last year and the European Union (EU) wants to hear stakeholders' views on what improvements should be included in the design of this policy.
With this short questionnaire we would like to contribute to the public consultation that is being coordinated by the European Commission. Your contribution will be used to feed its reflection and to design concrete proposals on the future of Interreg.
We encourage you to take advantage of this unique opportunity and send us your ideas and proposals until 4 October.
LINK TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE: https://forms.gle/JZLe2ghZ12acC5Bs7
RESULTS OF EU COHESION POLICY 2014-2020: Our MAC project, DESAL+, included in the publication
The European Commission has published a publication entitled ‘Bringing Europe closer: EU COHESION POLICY - A better life for Europe's citizens’, which presents the main achievements of the different programmes funded by the €405 billion of EU investment under the Cohesion Policy.
More than 100 Interreg programmes drive sustainable development and progress in the EU's border regions. Among the 12 Interreg projects selected in the publication is the MAC DESAL+ project (Macaronesian Platform for the increase of excellence in R&D in water desalination and in the knowledge of the desalinated water-energy nexus), led by the Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias (ITC).
See publication: BRIDGING GAPS: EU COHESION POLICY 2014-2020
PUBLIC VOTING FOR THE REGIOSTARS 2024 AWARDS
Public voting for the REGIOSTARS 2024 is open from 2 September to 9 October at 12:00 CET.
The most voted projects among all finalists, for each of the categories, will receive the Public Choice Award.
The winners will be announced at the REGIOSTARS ceremony on 9 October in Brussels in the framework of #EURegionsWeek.
A total of 262 applications were submitted in 2024 and of the 25 RegioStars finalists, 10 are Interreg projects! Thanks to all those who took part
You can vote now on the REGIOSTARS website