On Friday 25 October, the launch event for the 34 projects approved under the 1st INTERREG MAC call took place in the Canary Islands. The event was attended in person by more than 100 people and was broadcast live via streaming, which was followed by another hundred people.

The conference was opened by Ms. Matilde Asián González, Minister of Finance and Relations with the European Union of the Government of the Canary Islands and was attended by representatives of the Directorate General of European Funds of the Government of Spain and the Directorate General for Regional Policy of the European Commission.

Firstly, the signing of the ERDF grant contracts took place between the Managing Authority of the programme, Ms. Celia Alberto Pérez, General Director of European Affairs, and the legal representatives of the main partner entities of the approved projects. The contracts for a total of 13 projects were signed in person, while the rest will be signed electronically.

The basic content of the contract, the main features of the financial management of the projects and the details of the rules of eligibility of expenditure, project modifications, communication obligations and implementation reports were explained during the day.

You can download in the section ‘1st call’ the presentations of the conference and watch the recording of the conference on our YouTube channel.

Please do not forget to give your feedback on the conference by filling in the following questionnaire: https://forms.gle/LdEkC3FfYEQA7Erj9

Thank you very much to everyone for your attendance and participation!