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Reminder: Paid Consulting Opportunity: Mapping the Global Fundraising Ecosystem for BIEN
The Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) is seeking a consultant to develop a comprehensive overview of the global fundraising ecosystem as part of our strategy to ensure financial sustainability in 2025. Deadline for applications: 17 January 2025. Project Overview ●...
Interview of Guy Standing re Emergency Basic Income
Dr. Guy Standing is a Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London and a founding member and honorary co-president of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN). This non-governmental organization promotes a basic income for all. Standing discusses the...
How Rio de Janeiro’s municipalities are reinventing local development through cash transfers
Social currencies have emerged as an innovative instrument not only for transferring cash, but also for promoting local development. By boosting local consumption and supporting small businesses, they help communities build self-sustaining economies. Drawing on...
MGI/CGI publishes 2024 End-0f-Year Report and Narrative Change highlights
Looking back at 2024, it's clear that the needle has moved on guaranteed income. With over 150 pilots happening in the United States, more people than ever know about guaranteed income, and a majority of voters support it. Independent researchers have begun releasing...
BIEN Congress 2025 website is now live
24th BIEN Congress - "Basic Income & Solidarity Economy: New Horizons for Social Protection" – Call for Papers & Early Bird RegistrationThe call for papers is now open!Submit your proposals by February 18, 2025.Early bird registration until March 31, 2025. To...
Consulting Opportunity: Mapping the Global Fundraising Ecosystem for BIEN
The Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) is seeking a consultant to develop a comprehensive overview of the global fundraising ecosystem as part of our strategy to ensure financial sustainability in 2025. Project Overview ● Scope: Conduct a systematic review of worldwide...
The Basic Income in Belgium Project Closing Event: Findings of Four Years of Research
Dear Colleagues, We are excited to invite you tothe Basic Income in Belgium (BABEL) Closing Event, happening online on January 24, from 12:00PM to 2.30PM (CET). The BABEL project is a comprehensive research initiative examining Basic Income...
Basic Income in Malaysia
The Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) has collaborated with Prof Geoffrey Williams, a Malaysian-based economist and Basic Income advocate, to share their collective vision of a Basic Income in the Malaysian context. Involved with the collaboration from BIEN were our...
Unconditional: The film
Unconditional is a film created at the University of Bath that is focused on the prosperity of communities that sprouted from pilots basic income projects in India and Bangladesh. The strategy of basic income plus — not only providing direct cash but also community...
Guaranteed Income Works in Tacoma, Washington
"This month, researchers released independent data for Tacoma, WA. A partnership with the City of Tacoma, the United Way of Pierce County, and Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, the Growing Resilience In Tacoma (GRIT) pilot focused on families that are considered...
BIEN Congresses
The 24th BIEN CONGRESS in Maricá & Niterói – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 27-29 August 2025
Linkedin, Instagram, X – biencongress25 (at) gmail [dot] com
BIEN2024 was August 29–31 (Pictures and more coming soon)