Andrea Óhidy is Professor at the Institute of Education Sciences and holder of the Jean Monnet Chair Freiburg for European Education at the University of Education Freiburg, Germany. Her research interests include educational policy in the European Union, Lifelong Learning, Teacher Training and Pedagogic Professionalism. She has published in these areas in German, Hungarian and English.Katalin R. Forray is Emeritus Professor at the University of Pécs, Hungary. She is founder of the Doctoral School of Education and Society. In 2000 she established the Department of Romani Studies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Professor Forray is member of several Hungarian and international Romani organisations. Her research interests include: integration of minorities (e.g. Roma): multiculturalism: social, economic and regional dimensions of institutional learning; and women in education.

• Chapter 1. Lifelong Learning and the Roma Minority in the Western Balkans – Introduction; Andrea Óhidy and Katalin R. Forray Chapter 2. The European Union and the Western Balkans; Marc Reinbold Education Situation of Roma in Selected Western Balkans Countries Chapter 3. Education of Roma children in Albania; Merita H. Meçe Chapter 4.The Education Situation of Roma in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Anita Lukenda Chapter 5. The Education Situation of the Roma Community in Kosovo; Diterio Arifi and Ngadhnjim Brovina Chapter 6. The Education Situation of the Roma in Montenegro; Srđan Vukadinović Chapter 7. The Education Situation of the Roma Minority in Serbia; Tinde Kovacs Cerovic, Jadranka Ivkovic, Mónika Kapás, and Evgeny IvanovChapter 8. 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

Andrea Óhidy is Professor at the Institute of Education Sciences and holder of the Jean Monnet Chair Freiburg for European Education at the University of Education Freiburg, Germany. Her research interests include educational policy in the European Union, Lifelong Learning, Teacher Training and Pedagogic Professionalism. She has published in these areas in German, Hungarian and English.Katalin R. Forray is Emeritus Professor at the University of Pécs, Hungary. She is founder of the Doctoral School of Education and Society. In 2000 she established the Department of Romani Studies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Professor Forray is member of several Hungarian and international Romani organisations. Her research interests include: integration of minorities (e.g. Roma): multiculturalism: social, economic and regional dimensions of institutional learning; and women in education.

• Chapter 1. Lifelong Learning and the Roma Minority in the Western Balkans – Introduction; Andrea Óhidy and Katalin R. Forray Chapter 2. The European Union and the Western Balkans; Marc Reinbold Education Situation of Roma in Selected Western Balkans Countries Chapter 3. Education of Roma children in Albania; Merita H. Meçe Chapter 4.The Education Situation of Roma in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Anita Lukenda Chapter 5. The Education Situation of the Roma Community in Kosovo; Diterio Arifi and Ngadhnjim Brovina Chapter 6. The Education Situation of the Roma in Montenegro; Srđan Vukadinović Chapter 7. The Education Situation of the Roma Minority in Serbia; Tinde Kovacs Cerovic, Jadranka Ivkovic, Mónika Kapás, and Evgeny IvanovChapter 8. 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

Andrea Óhidy is Professor at the Institute of Education Sciences and holder of the Jean Monnet Chair Freiburg for European Education at the University of Education Freiburg, Germany. Her research interests include educational policy in the European Union, Lifelong Learning, Teacher Training and Pedagogic Professionalism. She has published in these areas in German, Hungarian and English.Katalin R. Forray is Emeritus Professor at the University of Pécs, Hungary. She is founder of the Doctoral School of Education and Society. In 2000 she established the Department of Romani Studies at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Professor Forray is member of several Hungarian and international Romani organisations. Her research interests include: integration of minorities (e.g. Roma): multiculturalism: social, economic and regional dimensions of institutional learning; and women in education.

• Chapter 1. Lifelong Learning and the Roma Minority in the Western Balkans – Introduction; Andrea Óhidy and Katalin R. Forray Chapter 2. The European Union and the Western Balkans; Marc Reinbold Education Situation of Roma in Selected Western Balkans Countries Chapter 3. Education of Roma children in Albania; Merita H. Meçe Chapter 4.The Education Situation of Roma in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Anita Lukenda Chapter 5. The Education Situation of the Roma Community in Kosovo; Diterio Arifi and Ngadhnjim Brovina Chapter 6. The Education Situation of the Roma in Montenegro; Srđan Vukadinović Chapter 7. The Education Situation of the Roma Minority in Serbia; Tinde Kovacs Cerovic, Jadranka Ivkovic, Mónika Kapás, and Evgeny IvanovChapter 8. 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