katholische Erwachsenenbildung in Österreich#

Catholic Adult Education Institutions in Austria were provided by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Katholischer Bildungswerke, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Katholischer Bildungsheime, the Arbeitsgemeinschaften fuer katholische Erwachsenenbildung of the dioceses, the Austrian Borromeo Association (Borromaeuswerk) and the institutes and centres of Catholic adult education (ICAE): the institute of correspondence courses in theology (Fernkurs fuer theologische Bildung), the Catholic Social Academy, the Austrian Catholic Bible studies association (Oesterreichisches Katholisches Bibelwerk), etc.) until 1997; Catholic adult education has been coordinated by the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft (BAKEB), an association at federal level, since 1968. In 1997 the "Forum for Catholic Adult Education in Austria" (Forum katholischer Erwachsenenbildung in Oesterreich) was founded by 67 education institutions as an umbrella organization. The wide range of courses has found broad public acclaim (in 1998: 47,189 lectures, courses, etc. with 341,010 participants).