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Participation and Success of Roma in the Western Balkans in Education and Lifelong Learning – Conclusions of the Country Studies about Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia

Andrea Óhidy (University of Education, Germany)

Lifelong Learning and the Roma Minority in the Western Balkans

ISBN: 978-1-80382-522-9, eISBN: 978-1-80382-521-2

Publication date: 25 October 2023

Abstract

In this chapter, Andrea Óhidy discusses some pivotal issues of the book. Firstly, she shows the common challenges for current and future EU-member states to increase the participation and success of Roma people in education and lifelong learning. Then she discusses policy strategies and measures for Roma Inclusion in the Western Balkan states Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia. They try to improve the social situation of Roma people but also to promote minority languages and cultures. She found the main cause of the similarities concerning the strategies and concrete projects for possible solutions in the adaptation of the EU Roma inclusion policy in the Western Balkan states as part of their negotiations for EU membership. She considers the implementation of these policy measures and also the educational attainment and success of Roma in the Western Balkans unsatisfactory.

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Óhidy, A. (2023), "Participation and Success of Roma in the Western Balkans in Education and Lifelong Learning – Conclusions of the Country Studies about Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia", Óhidy, A. and Forray, K.R. (Ed.) Lifelong Learning and the Roma Minority in the Western Balkans, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 157-180. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-521-220231008

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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