The project “Gateways to the OTHER...” is designed as a a Partnership Building Activity of 5 working days (excluding travel), which will be held in Armenia, Tsakhkadzor from the 17th of September till 21th of September 2012. The main themes of the project are the Intercultural dimension of EVS and building a Network of like-minded EVS organisation. Representatives of active EVS organisations will come together to develop mechanisms for strengthening the intercultural aspect of EVS and to build a strong cooperation for future joint projects and stable partnership. In the PBA 20 participants from 15 countries (from 20 different organisations) will be participating, the profile of the participants will be EVS coordinators or people, responsible for EVS management in their organizations. The objectives of this project are building a strong cooperation and a network of like-minded YNGOs aimed at promotion of Intercultural learning, in particular through EVS projects; developing and further realizing various types of YiA projects, especially EVS, with a theme of ICL; developping and sharing methodologies for organizing the intercultural learning process of EVS volunteers effectively (putting stress on young people with fewer opportunities, in particular from rural and deprived urban areas) and develop tools for promoting ICL in EVS Activities; developing and sharing tools for raising the Intercultural qualifications of EVS support people (mentor, coordinator, language teacher). During the Activity the methods of non-formal learning will be applied (such as ice-breakers, workshops, simulation activities, group discussions, etc.). The dimension of intercultural learning is a relevant axis of the PBA project.