Andrea Óhidy is Professor and Head of the Institute of Education Sciences at the University of Education in Freiburg, Germany. Her research interests include educational policy in the European Union, lifelong learning, teacher training and pedagogic professionalism.;Katalin R. Forray is Emeritus Professor at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. She is the founder and member of the Doctoral School for Education at the University of Pécs. Her research interests include the integration of minorities, multiculturalism, social, economic and regional factors in the institutional system of education, and women in education.

• Introduction: Lifelong Learning and the Roma Minority in Western and Southern Europe; Katalin R. Forray and Andrea Óhidy;Chapter 1. Bottom Up, Top Down and Human Rights - Roma Organizations, Policy Frameworks and European Institutions; Natascha Hofmann;Chapter 2. Dawn of Learning! Sinti and Roma in Germany; Natascha Hofmann ;Chapter 3. Lifelong Learning for Roma in European Countries: The Greek Case; Panagiota Gkofa ;Chapter 4. The Education of Roma, Sinti and Caminanti Children in Italy: Pathways to School Inclusion; Valeria Cavioni;Chapter 5. The Educational Situation for Roma in Norway; Kari Hagatun ;Chapter 6. The Roma Population in Portugal - A Changing Picture; Pedro Calado, Liliana Moreira, Sónia Costa, Celeste Simões, Margarida Gaspar de Matos ;Chapter 7. Moving Towards Roma Inclusion in Spain Through Successful Educational Actions; Fernando Macías-Aranda, Teresa Sordé-Martí, Jelen Amador-López and Adriana Aubert-Simó; Chapter 8. Roma in the Educational System of Sweden - Achievements After Year 2000 and Challenges for the Future; Christina Rodell Olgaç;Conclusion: Participation and Success of European Roma in Education and Lifelong Learning: Common Challenge, Similar Solutions and Hitherto Unsatisfactory Results; Andrea Óhidy

Andrea Óhidy is Professor and Head of the Institute of Education Sciences at the University of Education in Freiburg, Germany. Her research interests include educational policy in the European Union, lifelong learning, teacher training and pedagogic professionalism.;Katalin R. Forray is Emeritus Professor at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. She is the founder and member of the Doctoral School for Education at the University of Pécs. Her research interests include the integration of minorities, multiculturalism, social, economic and regional factors in the institutional system of education, and women in education.

• Introduction: Lifelong Learning and the Roma Minority in Western and Southern Europe; Katalin R. Forray and Andrea Óhidy;Chapter 1. Bottom Up, Top Down and Human Rights - Roma Organizations, Policy Frameworks and European Institutions; Natascha Hofmann;Chapter 2. Dawn of Learning! Sinti and Roma in Germany; Natascha Hofmann ;Chapter 3. Lifelong Learning for Roma in European Countries: The Greek Case; Panagiota Gkofa ;Chapter 4. The Education of Roma, Sinti and Caminanti Children in Italy: Pathways to School Inclusion; Valeria Cavioni;Chapter 5. The Educational Situation for Roma in Norway; Kari Hagatun ;Chapter 6. The Roma Population in Portugal - A Changing Picture; Pedro Calado, Liliana Moreira, Sónia Costa, Celeste Simões, Margarida Gaspar de Matos ;Chapter 7. Moving Towards Roma Inclusion in Spain Through Successful Educational Actions; Fernando Macías-Aranda, Teresa Sordé-Martí, Jelen Amador-López and Adriana Aubert-Simó; Chapter 8. Roma in the Educational System of Sweden - Achievements After Year 2000 and Challenges for the Future; Christina Rodell Olgaç;Conclusion: Participation and Success of European Roma in Education and Lifelong Learning: Common Challenge, Similar Solutions and Hitherto Unsatisfactory Results; Andrea Óhidy

Andrea Óhidy is Professor and Head of the Institute of Education Sciences at the University of Education in Freiburg, Germany. Her research interests include educational policy in the European Union, lifelong learning, teacher training and pedagogic professionalism.;Katalin R. Forray is Emeritus Professor at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. She is the founder and member of the Doctoral School for Education at the University of Pécs. Her research interests include the integration of minorities, multiculturalism, social, economic and regional factors in the institutional system of education, and women in education.

• Introduction: Lifelong Learning and the Roma Minority in Western and Southern Europe; Katalin R. Forray and Andrea Óhidy;Chapter 1. Bottom Up, Top Down and Human Rights - Roma Organizations, Policy Frameworks and European Institutions; Natascha Hofmann;Chapter 2. Dawn of Learning! Sinti and Roma in Germany; Natascha Hofmann ;Chapter 3. Lifelong Learning for Roma in European Countries: The Greek Case; Panagiota Gkofa ;Chapter 4. The Education of Roma, Sinti and Caminanti Children in Italy: Pathways to School Inclusion; Valeria Cavioni;Chapter 5. The Educational Situation for Roma in Norway; Kari Hagatun ;Chapter 6. The Roma Population in Portugal - A Changing Picture; Pedro Calado, Liliana Moreira, Sónia Costa, Celeste Simões, Margarida Gaspar de Matos ;Chapter 7. Moving Towards Roma Inclusion in Spain Through Successful Educational Actions; Fernando Macías-Aranda, Teresa Sordé-Martí, Jelen Amador-López and Adriana Aubert-Simó; Chapter 8. Roma in the Educational System of Sweden - Achievements After Year 2000 and Challenges for the Future; Christina Rodell Olgaç;Conclusion: Participation and Success of European Roma in Education and Lifelong Learning: Common Challenge, Similar Solutions and Hitherto Unsatisfactory Results; Andrea Óhidy