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Roma Access to Quality and Inclusive Education, Training, and Lifelong Learning in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Spain with Additional Benchmarking Evidence from Ireland and Sweden
20 November 2025 English Report
Summary
This ERGO Network report examines Roma access to education, training, and lifelong learning in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Spain (with benchmarking from Ireland and Sweden), based on national case studies gathered in 2025. It finds persistently low educational attainment across the lifecycle, driven by financial and non-financial barriers, segregation, antigypsyism, underused mediators, and near-absent Romani language and history in curricula.
Topics
Education
Geographic focus
Bulgaria Czech Republic Hungary Ireland Romania Slovakia Spain Sweden
Publication details
- Author(s)
- ERGO Network
- Organisation
- ERGO Network
- Publication date
- 20 November 2025
- Year
- 2025
- Type
- Report
- Format
- Language
- English
- Countries
- Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden
Related project
Produced as part of the Link to all : The "Roma Access to..." case-study series .
Suggested citation
ERGO Network (2025). Roma Access to Quality and Inclusive Education, Training, and Lifelong Learning in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Spain with Additional Benchmarking Evidence from Ireland and Sweden. Report. ERGO Network. Retrieved from https://ergonetwork.org/publication/roma-access-to-quality-and-inclusive-education-training-and-lifelong-learning-in-bulgaria-czech-republic-hungary-romania-slovakia-spain-with-additional-benchmarking-evidence-from-ireland-and-sw/
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