The Aquitaine-Basque Country Euroregion was created in 2011 as a cross-border cooperation programme with the Aquitaine-Basque Country Region. This cooperation has contributed to bringing the populations closer together and to building the identity of this new regional group.

Its objective is to carry out actions that contribute to economic, social and cultural development throughout the Euroregion; facilitating and promoting cross-border cooperation among its members, in order to strengthen economic and territorial cohesion within the European Union.

This territorial cooperation area seeks integrated development in the following areas, mainly:

• R&D&I.
• Environment and sustainable development.
• Accessibility.
• Sustainable urban development.
• Culture, promotion of mutual knowledge of the languages ​​of the Euroregion.
• Cooperation in Education and Training.
• Treatment of issues related to agriculture and food.