The 10th annual international Basic Income Week is September 18-24, 2017.
The Basic Income Week organizers have released a Call for Participation, inviting groups and individuals throughout the world to convene BI-related events during the week, which will be publicized on the official calendar.
The Basic Income Week is a self-organised participatory week. A lot can be done, from spreading the news to friends to organising your own event with films, speakers or creative action. We can help with finding presenters and promoting your event with our shared website https://basicincomeweek.org. We welcome new participants who can share time, money or ideas! Get in touch with your regional group or the international coordination team, and let us know what you decide to do!
This year’s 10th annual Basic Income Week winds up immediately prior to the start of the 17th Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network, taking place September 25-27 in Lisbon, Portugal, and held in conjunction with “Portugal Basic Income Week.”
Basic Income Week originated in 2008 in German-speaking Europe, and was thereafter held annually. Its reach spread across Europe following the founding of BIEN’s Affiliate Unconditional Basic Income Europe in 2014, and extended globally in 2015 — when, for the first time, Basic Income Week events were organized in Africa, Asia, North America, and New Zealand.
For an overview of events held during last year’s Basic Income Week, see the report in Basic Income News.
More Information
Official website: https://basicincomeweek.org/.
Official Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1380113898741017/.
Reviewed by Sarah Harris
Instead of discussing and focusing on Unconditional Basic Income concept , the organisations/ movements and social scientists should formulate a plan and strategy to eliminate / reduce poverty among the lowest extremely poorest 20% population. This segment is suffering from hunger, starvation and deaths of pregnant women at childbirths, of newborns, of infants, of children and of the seniors due to non availability of Cash/Money with them to access medical, healthcare facilities and even for visits to doctors and hospitals for medical check-ups and getting medicines/ treatments in case of medical situations.
Just a 20% of the total budget for Unconditional Basic Income will eliminate poverty and reduce Poverty related deaths by atleast 75% in just 2 years if the focus is shifted in favour of Giving Directly to the poorest 20% families all over the world.
This could be the best service to the society, rather humanity. The Govt.representatives of the countries with the highest no of poorest families should be invited to the World convention to get their commitments for corruption free identification of the poorest families and the contributions these Govts can make to eliminate the poverty and poverty related deaths..