Affiliated organisations

Become an Affiliate of BIEN

If you are a member of an organization that would like to become an affiliate of BIEN, click here or scroll down to the bottom for the requirements of affiliates and the instructions for requesting affiliation.

BIEN’s Affiliates:

ARGENTINA: Red Argentina de Ingreso Ciudadano

Founded in March 2004

Website: www.ingresociudadano.org.ar

Facebook: Renta Básica Argentina

President: Rubén M. Lo Vuolo
Member of BIEN’s International Advisory Board: Rubén Lo Vuolo
Email: ciepp@ciepp.org.ar

AUSTRALIA: Basic Income Guarantee Australia (BIGA)

Founded in 2002

Website: www.basicincome.qut.edu.au

Facebook: Basic Income Guarantee AustraliaCoordinator: Gregory Marston (g.marston@uq.edu.au)School of Social ScienceFaculty of Humanities and Social SciencesUniversity of QueenslandSt Lucia CampusMichie Building, QLD, Australia 4067

AUSTRIA: Netzwerk Grundeinkommen und sozialer Zusammenhalt – B.I.E.N. Austria

Founded in October 2002

Antonigasse 100, 1180 Wien

Website: www.grundeinkommen.at
Email: info (AT) grundeinkommen.at (please replace “AT” by “@”)

Contact person: Margit Appel (margit.appel@ksoe.at)
Contact person (Media): Markus Blümel (markus.bluemel@ksoe.at)

BELGIUM: Belgian Network for Basic Income

Founded on June 27, 2012

Website: www.basicincome.be

Facebook: Basic Income.be

Contact person: Quentin Fabri
Email: info@basicincome.be

Organizing Committee: Aline Goethals, Pierre-Yves Ryckaert

BRAZIL: Rede Brasileira de Renda Básica de Cidadania

Founded in September 2004

Coordinator: Eduardo Suplicy (eduardo.suplicy@camara.sp.gov.br / rendabasicanobrasil@gmail.com)

CANADA: Basic Income Canada Network / Réseau canadien pour le revenu garanti

Founded in June 2008

New English-language website: basicincomecanada.org
New French-language website: revenudebasecanada.org

Facebook: Basic Income Canada Network

Chairperson: Sheila Regehr

Contact: info@basicincomecanada.org

Mailing address: 1 Valhalla Inn Road, Suite 403, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9B 1S9

CANADA: Quebec – Revenue de base Quebec (RBQ)

Affiliated in July 2016

Website: revenudebase.quebec
Email: info@revenudebase.quebec

Facebook: Revenue de base Quebec

244, Saint-Olivier, app. 3, Québec G1R 1G3
5445, ave de Gaspé, suite 602, Montréal H2T 3B2

Contact Person: Luc Gosselin

CHINA: BIEN China

Affiliated in July 2016

DENMARK: BIEN Denmark (Borgerlønsbevægelsen)

Founded in January 2000

List of board members: https://basisindkomst.dk/bestyrelse/

Website: basisindkomst.dk

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UbetingetBasisindkomst

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BIEN.Danmark/

Email: contact@basisindkomst.dk

EUROPE: Unconditional Basic Income Europe (UBI-Europe)

Founded in 2014

Website: www.basicincome-europe.org
Email: contact@ubie.org

Facebook: Basic Income Europe

President: Dániel Fehér

FINLAND: BIEN Finland – Suomen perustuloverkosto

Founded in May 2011, registered in December 2012

Chair: Pekka Elonheimo
Vice-Chair: Johanna Perkiö (johanna.m.perkio@gmail.com)

Tel.: +358 40 5000189
Contact:  perustulo@perustulo.org

FRANCE: Mouvement Français pour un revenu de base

(French Movement for Basic Income)

Founded in 2013

Website: www.revenudebase.info

Facebook: MFRB Revenu de base

Contact person: Nicole Teke (nicole.teke@gmail.com)

GERMANY: Netzwerk Grundeinkommen

Founded in July 2004

Website: www.grundeinkommen.de

Website english: https://www.grundeinkommen.de/english

Website French: https://www.grundeinkommen.de/francais,

Website Polish: https://www.grundeinkommen.de/polski,

Website Italian: https://www.grundeinkommen.de/italiano,

Website Spanish: https://www.grundeinkommen.de/espanol,

Website Portuguese: https://www.grundeinkommen.de/portugues

Email: kontakt@grundeinkommen.de, 

Facebook: Netzwerk Grundeinkommen

Twitter: NetzwerkBGE

Members of board: Jörg Ackermann, Ronald Blaschke *(blaschke[at]grundeinkommen.de), Christiane Danowski *(danowski[at]grundeinkommen.de), Ralf Engelke, Hardy Krampertz, Claudia Laux, Michael Levedag, (* contact persons)

HUNGARY: Első Magyar Feltétel Nélküli Alapjövedelemért Egyesület / The First Hungarian Unconditional Basic Income Association

Founded: May 31, 2011

Affiliated: 2021

Website: https://alapjovedelem.org/

Facebook (EN): https://www.facebook.com/First-Hungarian-Unconditional-Basic-Income-Association-655471314593940

Facebook (EN): https://www.facebook.com/FNA.hu/

Email address: alapjovedelem@alapjovedelem.org

Chair: Györgyi Szentpéteri 

Secretary, Co-ordinator, founder: Evamaria Langer-Dombrady

Postal address: H-2040. Budaörs, Réz utca 8.

ICELAND: BIEN Iceland

Founded: Dec 10, 2016
Contact: Albert Svan albert@piratar.is
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1820421514854251/

INDIA: India Network for Basic Income (INBI)

Website: www.basicincomeindia.weebly.com

Facebook: India Network for Basic Income
+91 789 3033 728

Contact Person: Sarath Davala (sarathdavala@gmail.com)

INDONESIA: Indonesian Basic Income Guarantee Network (IndoBIG)

website: www.indobig.netfacebook page: Basic Income Indonesiatwitter: @BasicIncomeINAemail: indobignetwork@gmail.comfounder & coordinator: Yanu E. Prasetyo ( yanuprasetyo85@gmail.com)

IRELAND: Basic Income Ireland

Founded in March 1995

Website: https://basicincome.ie
Email: info@basicincome.ie
Facebook: facebook.com/BasicIncomeIreland [2]
Twitter: twitter.com/BasicIncomeIRL [3]

Coordinators: Anne B Ryan and John Baker

Member of BIEN’s International Advisory Board: John Baker, Department of Adult and Community Education, NUIM
Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

ITALY: Bin Italia (Basic Income Network Italy)

Founded in July 2008

Website: https://www.bin-italia.org

Facebook: BIN Italia

President: Luca Santini (luca.santini@bin-italia.org)
Vice President: Rachele Serino (rachele.serino@virgilio.it)
Coordinator and contact person: Sandro Gobetti (sandro.gobetti@bin-italia.org)
Other members and roles of BIN Italia Committee: https://www.bin-italia.org/consiglio_direttivo.php
Email: info@bin-italia.org
Address: BIN Italia Via Filippo De Grenet, 38 – 00128 Rome, Italy
Tel.: Luca Santini: +39 3487752116
Tel.: Sandro Gobetti: +39 3334375476

JAPAN: BIEN Japan

Founded in November 2007

Website: https://tyamamor.doshisha.ac.jp/bienj/bienj_top.html

Coordinator: Shinji Murakami (shinji.murakami [at] staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp )

MALAWI: Basic Income Malawi Group

Founded: August 2017
Contact: Frank Kamanga kamafrank@gmail.com
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/UniversalBasicIncomeMalawi/

MEXICO: Red Mexicana Ingreso Ciudadano Universal

Founded in April 2008
Website: www.icu.org.mx
Coordinator: Pablo Yanes (ingresociudadano@gmail.com; pyanes2007@gmail.com)
Member of BIEN’s International Advisory Board: Pablo Yanes

NETHERLANDS: Vereniging Basisinkomen

Email: info@basisinkomen.nl
Website: www.basisinkomen.nlFacebook: Vereniging BasisinkomenPresident: Alexander de RooSecretary and contactperson: Adriaan Planken
Galgeveld 10
3705 MB Zeist, Nederland
Tel.: 0031-30-6991721 // 0031-6-22420270

NEW ZEALAND: Basic Income New Zealand Incorporated (BINZ)

Founded on July 22, 2016

Email: binzcontact@gmail.com
Website: www.basicincomenz.net

Facebook: Basic Income New Zealand

NORWAY: Borgerlønn BIEN Norge

Founded in October 2012

Email: post@borgerlonn.no
Website: https://borgerlonn.no

Facebook: Borgerlønn BIEN Norge

Coordinator: Glenn Slotte

PORTUGAL: Rendimento Básico

Founded in March 2013

Website: www.rendimentobasico.pt

Facebook: Rendimento Básico Inconditicional Portugal

Contact person: Roberto Merrill (nrbmerrill@gmail.com)

RUSSIA: Basic Income Russia Tomorrow

Founded in September 2017Email  info@basicincomerussia.orgContact person: Сhairman of the council of movement: Solovyev Alexander (slvvalex@gmail.com)Tel.:  +7 968 648 6600Social media contacts:Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/basicincomerussiaz/Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/basic_income_russia/Twitter:  https://twitter.com/basicincome_rusPinterest:  https://ru.pinterest.com/basicincomerussia/Address:  Tverskaya str., 9, building 7, office 415, Moscow,  Russian Federation, 125009

SCOTLAND: Citizen’s Basic Income Network Scotland (SCIO)

Trustees of Citizen’s Basic Income Network Scotland
15 Morningside Park
EDINBURGH
SCOTLAND
EH10 5HD
Tel: 00 (44) 131 447 3268
Email: anniemillerBI@gmail.com

SLOVENIA: Sekcija za promocijo UTD v Sloveniji

Founded on the 20th of January, 2010

Website: www.zofijini.net

Email: utd.slovenija@gmail.com

Coordinator: Branko Gerlic
Contact persons: Branko Gerlic (branko.gerlic@gmail.com), Dr. Valerija Korosec (valerija_korosec@yahoo.com), Dr. Igor Pribac (suriprib@guest.arnes.si)

Zofijini ljubimci – Drustvo za razvoj humanistike
Ob zeleznici 8
2000 Maribor
Slovenia

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute (SPII)

Founded in 2006

Websites: www.spii.org.za

Facebook: SPII Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute

Director/Coordinator: Isobel Frye (isobel@spii.org.za)

31 Quinn Street, CIVICUS House
Newtown, Johannesburg
P.O Box 31747, Braamfontein 2017
Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel.: +27 11 833 0161/2
Fax.: +27 11 832 3085

SOUTH KOREA: Basic Income Korean Network (BIKN)

Founded in June 2009

Website: https://basicincomekorea.org/
E-mail: basicincomenet@gmail.com

Facebook: 사무

Representative: Nam-hoon Kang (kangnamhoon@gmail.com)

SPAIN: Red Renta Basica

Founded in February 2001

Website: www.redrentabasica.org

Facebook: Red Renta Básica

President: Daniel Raventós (presidencia@redrentabasica.org)
Member of BIEN’s International Advisory Board: Daniel Raventós
Departament de Teoria Sociològica, Filosofia del Dret i Metodologia de les CCSS
Facultat d’Economia i Empresa
Universitat de Barcelona
Diagonal, 690
08034 Barcelona, Spain

SWITZERLAND: BIEN Switzerland

Founded in September 2002

Website: basicincome.ch

Email: info@bien.ch

BIEN-CH
1200 Geneva

President: Ralph Kundig

TAIWAN

Affiliated in July 2016

Website: ubitaiwan.org

Email: taiwanbasicincome@gmail.com

Chairman: Tyler Prochazka

Executive Committee: Jiakuan Su, Rita Liao

TURKEY: CITIZEN’S BASIC INCOME – TURKEY

Founded in September 2016; affiliated in 2019

Facebook : Vatandaşlık Temel Geliri – VTG

Website : www.vatandasliktemelgeliri.org

Twitter : @TemelGelir _VTG

Instagram : temel_gelir_vtg

Coordinator : Dr. Ali Mutlu KÖYLÜOĞLU

E-Mail : alimutlu.koyluoglu@gmail.com

Mobile Phone (WhatsApp) : +90 – 532 – 314 95 20

UNITED KINGDOM: Citizen’s Basic Income Trust

Founded in 1984 (initially as “Basic Income Research Group”)

Website: www.citizensincome.org

Email: info@citizensincome.org

Director: Malcolm Torry

Citizen’s Basic Income Trust
286 Ivydale Road
London SE15 3DF

Phone: +44 (0) 20 7635 7916

UNITED STATES: U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network (USBIG)

Founded in December 1999
Website: www.usbig.net
Facebook Page: U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network
Coordinator: Michael Howard (Michael_Howard@umit.maine.edu)
Members of BIEN’s International Advisory Board: Michael Lewis, Eri Noguchi

WORLD BASIC INCOME

Founded: October 2016
Contact: Laura Bannister  info@worldbasicincome.org.uk
Website: https://www.worldbasicincome.org.uk/

Become an Affiliate of BIEN

BIEN is willing to affiliate organisations with the same aim as itself:

To educate the general public about Basic Income, that is, a periodic cash payment delivered to all on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement; to serve as a link between the individuals and groups committed to, or interested in, Basic Income; to stimulate and disseminate research about Basic Income; and to foster informed public discussion on Basic Income throughout the world.

An affiliated organisation needs to

  • be not-for-profit
  • have regular activities
  • have a constitution with a clear decision-making structure *
  • promote debate on Basic Income, and not only on particular Basic Income schemes or funding methods
  • be focused solely on Basic Income and not committed to any broader programme or wider agenda (even if Basic Income is a central aspect of that agenda)
  • refrain from causing any form of reputational damage to BIEN, and not to be affiliated to any organisation that might cause reputational damage to BIEN
  • welcome the involvement of everyone interested in Basic Income
  • keep in contact with BIEN’s Executive Committee

(* Two methods for selecting the decision-making body are acceptable: selection of new members of the decision-making body by existing members of it, or election of members of the decision-making body by a wider organizational membership.)

To apply to be affiliated to BIEN, an organisation needs to write a letter to the secretary at secretary@basicincome.org explaining how it fits the criteria and providing contact details. BIEN’s Executive Committee will then decide whether to recommend affiliation to the General Assembly. The final decision on affiliation is made by the General Assembly.

Any affiliated organisation that is found not to be adhering to the criteria for affiliation will be discussed by the Executive Committee, which might recommend disaffiliation. Final decisions about disaffiliation are made by the General Assembly.