"Gates and Keys” project cycle: International Center for Intercultural Research, Learning and Dialogue (ICIRLD) in cooperation with its partner organizations “New Armenia” HSC, National Pool of Trainers (NPT) from Armenia, together with other partners from EECA and Program countries has started to realize you a series of Trainings and Training Courses dedicated to the various aspects of PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE in 2012! The cycle “GATES and KEYS” addresses several aspects of personal development, such as motivation, aim setting, prioritizing, self-awareness, self-assessment, harmonic development etc. In these series a special attention is paid to the theories, philosophies, methods, tools and approaches that different cultural and spiritual traditions have on various aspects of personal development. The current project is the seventh project from “GATES and KEYS” series! The main theme of the project as well as of the whole series of “GATES and KEYS” is the personal development of young people. The TC will specifically address the issue of Motivation. According to the experience that we gained through numerous national and international trainings as well as research projects, young people in the wide range of cases do not lack talent, skills, abilities to bring change in their own realities and in the social environment of their communities, but they simply do not have or are lacking appropriate motivation. Motivation is not something that is given to one in a certain portion (relatively big or small), this is a feature of our deep inner self, which is connected with a lot of other aspects, such as awareness, creativity, compassion etc. As well this is a feature of us with which we can certainly work, and a set of psychological disciplines, spiritual traditions and training schools are suggesting numerous tools on how to approach this issue. This training course is dedicated to the development of the skills of youth workers and youth leaders from EECA and Program countries to support young people in their quest for MOTIVATION... The main objectives of this training course are: - To provide Youth workers/ Leaders and Trainers with space for reflection on one of nowadays main social challenges in the sphere of motivation and personal development. - To equip participants with innovative tools and methods within the topics of the TC for further work with young people in their respective communities. - To Explore the topic of motivation of young people from various target groups and to come up with NEW innovative approaches, tools and methods to increase it for much better and sustainable future of young people and their communities. - To address the topic of link and barriers between Motivation and Action, and will explore the tools of work in this sphere. - To promote young people’s active citizenship and to give alternative solutions to the problem of youth unemployment. Doing this, invest in community development to design a model, a structure which in core would work in purpose of raising awareness, helping understand the whole importance of deeply concentrating on giving solutions to today’s global challenges. As Additional objective participants will also work on the follow up projects and networking in the framework of “Gates and Keys Series”, as well as will develop partnership for other activities within Erasmus+ programme.