- The Committee meeting aimed to take decisions on the applications submitted under the 6th and 7th project calls.
- With 71 new operations, the total number of projects approved under POCTEP 2021–2027 to date is 215.
- 29 applications placed on the reserve list will be subject to a decision at a forthcoming Committee meeting.
The 5th meeting of the Management Committee (MC) of the Interreg VI-A Spain–Portugal Programme (POCTEP) 2021–2027 was held online on 29/01/2026, focusing on the decision-making process regarding the applications submitted under the 6th and 7th project calls.
The meeting was chaired by the Agency for Development & Cohesion I.P. (ADC, Portugal) and co-chaired by the Directorate-General for European Funds (DGFE) of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Spain. The Committee also included the participation of the European Commission, the Managing Authority, and the Programme’s National and Regional Authorities.
6th call
Under the 6th call, focused on priorities 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7, with an ERDF financial allocation of €110.9 million, 243 applications were submitted, of which 220 were deemed eligible.
The Committee reviewed the decision proposals of the Territorial Committees held on 04/11/2025 regarding the 243 evaluated applications, as well as the reformulation of applications approved under conditions. The final decisions were as follows:
- 69 approved;
- 25 placed on the reserve list;
- 126 rejected;
- 23 declared ineligible.
7th call
The 7th call focused on pluriregional strategic operations under specific objectives 1.1, 2.4 and 4.5, with an ERDF financial allocation of €33.7 million. A total of 31 applications were submitted, of which 23 were deemed eligible.
Similarly, the Committee reviewed the decision proposals of the Territorial Committees held on 04/11/2026 concerning the corresponding reformulations. The decisions were as follows:
- 2 approved;
- 4 placed on the reserve list;
- 17 rejected;
- 8 declared ineligible.
As a result, the total number of projects approved under POCTEP 2021–2027 to date is 215 projects: 144 from the first five calls, plus 71 approved at this Management Committee meeting (69 under the 6th call and 2 under the 7th call). In addition, 29 applications placed on the reserve list will be subject to a decision at a forthcoming Committee meeting.
Financial programming
Following this Management Committee meeting, the outcome is an approved financial programming of €62.3 million ERDF for the 69 applications approved under the 6th call, and €8.5 million for the 2 applications approved under the 7th call.
Therefore, the overall programming of the seven calls concluded so far amounts to a total of €228.12 million ERDF approved.