1. SIMION BELEA Postdoctoral Grant Recipient Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN THE MIGRATION’S CONTEXT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT : This paper was made within The Knowledge Based Society Project supported by the Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development (SOP HRD), financed from the European Social Fund and by the Romanian Government under the contract number POSDRU/89/1.5/S/56815.

2. SIMION BELEA Postdoctoral Grant Recipient Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch

3. Intercultural communication contributes to the discovery of ethnical differences and their relationship, it promotes the change and dialogue between different cultures, reciprocal understanding and it consolidates social cohesion. The acquisition of competences which favors intercultural communication passes through 3 stages as fallows: awareness, knowledge and obtaining some general and specific abilities. The present paper will describe the main competences which contribute to intercultural communication and the obstacles which prevent the adequate functioning in this domain. SIMION BELEA Postdoctoral Grant Recipient Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch

4. The success of the intercultural communication depends on the choice of an appropriate code which has to be utilized as mean of communication and relationship between different interlocutors and as a reconfirmation of the fact that the recognition of diversity stands at the base of the relationship with the other. Starting from these premises, this paper aims to outline the principles and the guidelines of the intercultural communication in the sense of promoting a plural, open and respectful community towards the rights and duties of its citizens, whether they are autochthon or strangers. SIMION BELEA Postdoctoral Grant Recipient Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch

5. Beside the practical implications of the intercultural communication, this paper will take into consideration the role of intercultural communication as a research area in the migration domain and the progresses registered in this direction. There are going to be underlined as well, the elements which have the decisive role in the process of communication destined to the reciprocal understanding between cultures, crossing not only the linguistic barrier, but the cultural barriers as well, in a process of passing towards an awareness of cultural differences and towards a larger acceptance of different values. SIMION BELEA Postdoctoral Grant Recipient Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch