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The essay examines how through the instrument EGTC Europe- an Union member states, regional authorities, local authorities and public bodies can promote regional cooperation in strengthening the economic and social cohesion, implement programs, territorial cooperation projects co-financed by the territorial European Union (Social Fund, Cohesion Fund, European Regional Development Fund), other actions of territorial cooperation between them, even in the absence of European financial contributions. The possibility of setting up an EGTC also extends to the associations of Europe- an Union member states, regional authorities, local authorities and public bodies such as that formed by the provinces of Pordenone and Udine with the approval of 29 August 2007 identical regula- tions and the text of a memorandum that gave effect to the possi- bility of establishing an Association between the provinces under Article. 29 of Regional Law 9 January 2006, n. 1.