European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation.

A new opportunity for municipalities, regions and states to establish cross-border, transnational or interregional cooperation with similar players of another member state and to fulfil their common objectives this way.

Its aim is discriminationlessness: the local players get the same opportunities within the borders and across the borders.

EGTC is the first legal instrument of the European Union that provides legal personality and frame to the cooperation of European municipalities and regions and the efficient use of Union grants.

Mura Region EGTC was set up on 28 May 2015, and its membership has grown since. Currently, the grouping includes all municipalities on both banks of the Mura river along the Hungarian-Croatian border.

The grouping was formed after Croatia's accession to the EU. One major aim was to increase cooperation between members of the Hungarian-Croatian twin-city network of the multi-ethnic border region. The EGTC does excellent work in the region and despite its young age has numerous approved projects.