Muraba EGTC promotes cooperation and development of the areas inhabited by mixed ethnic groups in Slovenia (Pomurje) and Hungary (Porabje), by connecting stakeholders, deploying funding, generating, and implementing cooperation programmes.

Muraba EGTC was set up in 2017 by the municipality of Szentgotthárd (Hungary), the municipality of Lendava (Slovenia), the Mura Region Hungarian Self-Governing Community (in Slovenia), and the Slovene Self-Governing Community (in Hungary) for the purpose of promoting economic and social cross-border cooperation and strengthening territorial cohesion through regular cooperation, so as to improve prosperity and quality of life in the territory of the grouping. As a 'young' EGTC, Muraba plays a significant role in the border region inhabited by Slovenian and Hungarian minorities.

Another reason for setting up the EGTC was to facilitate enforcement of the statutory rights of Hungarian and Slovene ethnic minorities and to preserve the national identity of its members and their relations with the mother nation.

Recent institutional changes, including a successful project to provide support for the elderly, have helped to promote the EGTC's effectiveness in the Interreg SI-HU Cooperation Programme.

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