As more and more individuals saw themselves as members of a national community throughout the 19th century, the inter-community conflicts grew in complexity, intensity and in number of human victims. Over the time, the tendency to resort to the violent decisions for solving national disputes decreases, as the social development of communities grows. Starting from the premise, that good knowledge of other cultures and direct collaboration between minority and majority communities can lead to good and stable intercommunal relations, and given that local public authorities play a major role in this collaboration, the purpose of the article is to analyze and propose some suggestions to authorities in the field of intercultural dialogue.