Competenta interculturalã are scopul de a recepta cultura nationalã si culturile europene, de a aprecia diversitatea culturalã a lumii si de afi tolerant la valorile culturale ale altor etnii. Clustering-ul este o metodã activ-participativã de dezvoltare a competentei de comunicare interculturale. Clustering-ul este o modalitate de organizare graficã a informatiei ce provine dintr-un braistorming utilã pentru evocare, realizare si reflectie. 

Intercultural competence is designed to receive national culture and European cultures, to appreciate the cultural diversity of the world and to be tolerant of other ethnic cultural values. Clustering is an active, participatory method for developing intercultural communicative competence. Clustering is a graphic way of organizing information derived from a braistorming useful for evocation, realization and reflection.