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Las declaraciones y convenciones de la Unión Europea respecto de la educación para todos sus ciudadanos no son nuevas, pero ¿mejoran realmente las oportunidades educativas para una de las minorías, o sea, los refugiados? No necesariamente, aunque queda un espacio de maniobra para que las organizaciones sociales, principalmente las organizaciones no gubernamentales, realicen acciones en favor de la educación de los refugiados. Se examinan esas declaraciones en primer lugar. Después se analiza la situación de los refugiados y su educación

In this article the vocational education systems in Spain and Belgium are compared as a means to offer some insights into the role that vocational education plays in the context of a country's offer of secondary education. It follows from the comparison that the current Spanish reform has not taken into account the implications of the particular relations that often are established between the general and vocational tracks of the education system, benefiting thus from the experiences of other countries, namely the case of the Belgian reformed system.

The European Year devoted to education and lifelong learning is intended to be one more step towards public awareness of the relevance of education and lifelong learning not only to Europe but also to every European citizen. To all of us, learning to learn throughout a whole life is the key point. Thus, lifelong learning must be integrated in our daily life and, in this respect, the European Commission has proposed five different goals to be discussed all over 1996. These goals are: to promote the acquisition of new contents; to better link schools