The long-standing cultural, social and economic ties, as much as the recognition of convergent interests based on its traditional role as transit country and its largely identical environmental conditions in the Eastern Alps, led to the creation of the Euroregion by the three provinces in 1998.
Pikaajalised kultuurilised, sotsiaalsed ja majanduslikud sidemed, nagu ka sarnaste huvide tunnistamine, mis põhineb traditsioonilisel rollil transiidimaana ja suuresti identsetel keskkonnatingimustel Ida-Alpides, viisid aastal 1998 kolme provintsi Euroregiooni loomiseni.