PRESENTATION OF INTERREG MAC PROJECTS IN CAPE VERDE
On 10 and 11 September 2025, a seminar for the presentation of the projects approved in the first call for proposals of the Interreg MAC (Madeira, Azores, Canary Islands) territorial cooperation programme was held in the city of Praia, Cape Verde. The projects are now at the end of their first year of implementation.
The conference was held within the framework of the ATLANTE strategic project, a project to support the governance of the Interreg MAC Programme, one of whose objectives is to boost cooperation between European and African entities in the cooperation area.
Within this framework, the purpose of this conference is to promote the visibility of the Interreg MAC projects approved in the African partner countries, facilitate networking between entities, and seek synergies between projects.
The conference, aimed at presenting the 28 projects approved with partners from Cape Verde within the framework of the 1st call for proposals, was organised in collaboration with the Cape Verdean Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and was attended by the Managing Authority of the Interreg MAC programme, senior officials from the Regional Governments of Madeira, Azores and the Canary Islands, European and Cape Verdean partners in the projects, representatives of the European Union, the Embassies of Portugal and Spain, multilateral organisations and other key players involved in the areas of action of the Interreg MAC 2021-2027 programme.
16 PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE UNDER THE 2nd CALL (CAPITALISATION) OF THE INTERREG MAC PROGRAMME 2021-2027
On 18 August 2025, the Steering Committee of the INTERREG Madeira-Azores-Canary Islands (MAC) Programme 2021-2027 adopted the decisions to approve the projects submitted to the CAPITALISATION Call, which were ratified by the Monitoring Committee on 3 September 2025.
The evaluation was carried out jointly by external capitalisation experts, responsibles from the regional governments of Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands, representatives of African third countries and the Joint Secretariat.
Of the 19 projects submitted to the 2nd phase of the capitalisation call, a total of 16 projects have been approved, with 2 projects remaining on the reserve list and 1 project not approved.
The list of projects is available in the section Calls/2nd Call Capitalisation/Phase 2 Resolution.
The Lead Partners of the projects will shortly receive communications regarding the decisions taken.