RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE FUTURE OF INTERREG AFTER 2027
The European Commission has called on all Interreg programmes to consult their partners, beneficiaries and citizens on how to make European territorial cooperation work better in the future period 2028-2034.
During the months of September and October 2024, the Interreg MAC programme opened a public consultation process to gather stakeholders’ views on our programme and to identify proposals for improvements to be implemented in the next programming period.
You can consult the results of the Public Consultation on the following link:
Consultation Results
PRESENTATION OF THE NEW INTERREG MAC PROJECTS IN SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE
On 12 December 2024, the second seminar of presentation of the projects approved under the 1st call of the Interreg MAC 2021 – 2027 Programme was held in Sao Tome, with the participation of partners from Sao Tome and Principe.
The conference, organised in the framework of the ATLANTE strategic project, was opened by representatives of the European Commission, the Portuguese Embassy and the Spanish Consulate in the country, as well as the Minister of Planning and Finance of the Government of Sao Tome, the focal point of the MAC Programme in the country. The Managing Authority of the Programme, the General Director of European Affairs of the Government of the Canary Islands, representatives of the Government of the Azores, headed by its Vice-President, and the Regional Director of European Affairs and External Cooperation of the Government of Madeira will also take part in the event.
The 15 projects approved, for the first time, with the participation of Sao Tome and Principe entities in the Green MAC and Smart MAC priorities were presented.
The European entities, main partners of the projects, presented the projects with the participation of local partners who presented their activities in the framework of the projects. This opens the new stage of territorial cooperation with this country, one of the new countries included in the programme’s cooperation area.
At the end of the day, a networking session was set aside to allow participants to continue establishing connections for the next calls for proposals and to strengthen the links already created between partners.
PRESENTATION OF NEW INTERREG MAC PROJECTS IN SENEGAL
On 4 December 2024, the seminar of presentation of the projects approved in the 1st Interreg MAC call with the participation of Senegalese partners was held in Dakar.
The event took place within the framework of the ATLANTE strategic project and was opened by representatives of the European Commission, the Spanish and Portuguese embassies in Senegal, the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Cooperation of Senegal, the regional governments of the Azores and Madeira and the Government of the Canary Islands through the Directorate General for Relations with Africa and the Directorate General for European Affairs, the Managing Authority of the Interreg MAC programme.
In an intense and very interesting day, the 14 new approved projects were presented, innovative projects in areas such as blue economy, food security, competitiveness of SMEs, climate resilience, circular economy, protection of biodiversity or mobility.
The Senegalese partners actively participated in the presentation of the proposed actions, noting the commitment to work together to address common challenges and highlighting the importance of territorial cooperation and the exchange of knowledge and experience between European and African partners.
The day concluded with a networking session that allowed the participants to establish valuable connections for future initiatives and strengthen the ties between the partners.
