118 PROJECTS SUBMITTED TO THE 3rd CALL FOR PROPOSALS
A total of 118 projects have been submitted to the 3rd call for projects under the Interreg MAC programme, requesting more than 272 million euros of ERDF funding (more than 5 times more than the available funding).
A total of 426 different entities participate in the projects, 270 from the European part of the cooperation area (MAC) and 156 entities from the 7 African partner countries.
| Nº entities* | Nº projects | |
| Madeira | 45 | 100 |
| Azores | 54 | 86 |
| Canary Islands | 171 | 115 |
| Cape Verde | 41 | 101 |
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 35 |
| Gambia | 12 | 16 |
| Ghana | 15 | 30 |
| Mauritania | 28 | 40 |
| Senegal | 30 | 58 |
| St. Tomé and Príncipe | 13 | 28 |
| Total | 426 | 118 |
| Entities without duplicates and without associated participants | ||
The majority of the 118 projects were submitted under Priority 1 SMART MAC (49%), followed by Priority 2 GREEN MAC (47%) and finally Priority 4 MOBILITY MAC (4%).
| PRIORITY | Nº projects presented | FEDER available | FEDER requested | % requested vs available |
| P1 – Smart MAC | 58 | 25.456.916 | 136.969.376 | 538% |
| P2 – Green MAC | 55 | 24.712.535 | 128.355.930 | 519% |
| P4 – Mobility MAC | 5 | 3.089.579 | 6.819.559 | 221% |
| TOTAL | 118 | 53.259.030 | 272.144.866 | 511% |
The average budget for the projects submitted is €2.7 million, and the average number of partners per project is 11 entities.The admissibility criteria of the projects submitted are being analysed. Those that are
admissible will proceed to the evaluation phase and those that do not meet any of the
admissibility conditions will be excluded. The Lead Partners will be informed accordingly.
TECHNICAL WORKSHOP TO KICK OFF THE 2ND PHASE OF THE CALL FOR CAPITALISATION
On 11/04/2025 the programme held an online workshop to which the entities whose proposals were selected in the 1st phase of the capitalisation call were invited. The session was structured in three parts:
- Presentation by the Management Authority of the capitalisation call, results of the 1st phase and conditions established in the Rules of the 2nd phase of the call.
- Presentation by the external capitalisation expert on the methodology of the projects to be presented in the 2nd phase.
- Presentation by the Joint Secretariat of the 2nd phase form in e-MAC, its structure and details of each section.
The deadline for the submission of the 2nd phase, which opened on 11/04, will end on Monday 19 May at 23:59 (Canary Islands and Madeira time, one hour less in the Azores).