Context / background of the projectThe project 'Reporters without frontiers' examined interdisciplinary and intercultural on the one hand(a) everyday realities of young people in Europeand on the other hand(b) Europe's current problems and approaches (refugee issues, socio-economic distribution and equity issues, environmental issues, quality of life issues)To this end, transnational student teams prepared and conducted interviews with external stakeholders and prepared them for presentations.The interview partners were representatives from the fields of politics, economics, social affairs, environmental NGOs and alternative projects.The media used were photography, video, sound, text and any combination of images and text. The work with artistic-documentary means transformed abstract contexts into something tangible and offered a new, pictorial-linguistic level of reflection. The own and above all foreign languages were made practically usable, image and sound were experienced in their universality (the language of art is international).ICT was used throughout for communication and presentation.The students all lived in host families.Each TLT meeting lasted 10 days.In addition to their preparation and follow-up, the TLTs in all partner countries developed twelve photo topics on the everyday life of the students.ObjectivesThe project set itself the following goals for the participating pupils:- Continuing to expand the knowledge of the history, political-social, economic and geographical facts of all partner countries.- Extending active language competence in English in everyday and technical contexts- Creating a favourable communication atmosphere in a foreign language- Raising awareness of and becoming aware of one's own and other cultures - Strengthening general communication skills in the context of European Citizenship- Experiencing and appreciating different European lifestyles and cultural contexts in everyday experience with host families- Fostering and strengthening creativity and constructive criticism in the context of transnational teamwork- Becoming aware of and relativising one's own points of view in the context of transnational teamwork- The learning of journalistic research, documentation and presentation forms in teamwork across cultural borders.- Expanding cultural competences and cultural openness in a European dimension- Strengthening self-confidence and self-awareness in a European dimension- Active, reflective handling of photo, video and sound artifacts- Active, reflective use of the Internet and social mediaThe project set itself the following goals for the participating teachers:- Improving their pedagogical concepts and applying new teaching methods within the framework of exchanging ideas with European colleagues.- To expand their knowledge of the theory and technical and creative practice of photography, videography and sound work in audiovisual-linguistic contexts.- Strengthening the European dimension of their teaching- To sustainably increase the motivation of the teachers involved through the cooperative European work on the project.Number and profile of participating institutionsThere were five schools involved in the project:IES Ángel de Saavedra (Córdoba / Spain): continuing, general education, publicFjölbrautaskólinn í Breiðholti (Reykjavík / Iceland): Secondary school, general education, publicGymnasio Mesovouniwn Me Lykeiakes Takseis (Kefalonia / Greece): Secondary school, general education, publicLycée privé Paul Claudel d'Hulst (Paris / France): Secondary school, general education, privateAdolf-Reichwein-Gymnasium (Heusenstamm / Germany): Secondary school, general education, publicDescription of the main activities carried outTLTs were prepared, carried out and followed up in all partner countries involved. According to the principle 'More value for money', more teachers and students took part in the project than was provided for in the application form.TMs took place in Heusenstamm, Paris and Reykjavík (for the evaluation, planning and adjustment of work processes, results and products).Achieved results and impactThe results achieved are in line with the objectives set out above. Only the organisational details had to be slightly readjusted in order to fully achieve the planned objectives.If relevant, long-term benefitThe long-term benefit consists in...a) the sustainable expansion of competences in accordance with the objectives described aboveb) the awareness of the problems addressed in the project among external stakeholdersc) the usability of a proven and transferable project structure in new contexts of content