On 22 November 2023, the II Monitoring Committee Meeting of the Interreg MAC 2021-2027 programme was held, chaired by the Managing Authority of the programme, Ms Celia Alberto Pérez, General Director of European Affairs of the Government of the Canary Islands.

The meeting was held in hybrid format, face-to-face and online, and was attended by representatives of the European Commission, the Member States of Spain and Portugal, the regional governments of Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands, the Audit Authority, the Certification Authority, the Environmental Authorities, the Economic and Social Committees, as well as the African partner countries of Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Mauritania, Senegal and Sao Tome and Principe.

This Committee discussed all the milestones of the programme carried out since the last meeting of the Committee in November 2022 (approved documentation, call presentation seminars, management software, programme website, etc.), the current status of the 1st call for the submission of projects, concertation between ERDF and NDICI funds, strategic projects, information on the financial management of the programme and the state of play of the MAC Programme 2014-2020.