Increasingly growing necessity for international cooperation of Lithuanian youth non-governmental organization is analyzed in the article. The appropriateness of intercultural competence development for enhancing international activities of Youth non-governmental organization is examined. The results of empirical survey, which confirm the hypothesis that the lack of intercultural competence is the main barrier for international cooperation activities of youth non-governmental organizations, are presented. According to the theory and survey results, authors suggest the list of the main intercultural competences, which could become a core of human resource development in order to enhance international activities of non-governmental youth organizations.

Article in Lithuanian