The 2018 BIEN Congress, held in Tampere on 24-26 August, has released its revised conference program. In addition to a wide variety of panels and papers covering recent academic and policy discussions on basic income, the program features a series of exciting plenary speakers, including a plenary roundtable on basic income experiments and an opening address by Tarja Halonen, the former President of Finland.
For the first time in the history of BIEN congresses, on the 24th and 25th of August, the Tampere congress also hosts Basic Income in Motion, a film festival featuring more than a dozen films and documentaries on basic income running alongside the congress. Participants are also invited to participate in the Nordic Day on the 23rd of August and discuss recent advances in basic income with members of the different Nordic basic income networks, plus a public lecture by Rutger Bregman to promote the Finnish translation of his bestseller Utopia for Realists.
All events will take place on the main campus of the University of Tampere and are held in English.
The 5th of August deadline for registration is approaching fast! Don’t miss out and register as soon as possible and join us in Finland at the end of the August!
For questions, contact us at biencongress2018@gmail.com
Jurgen De Wispelaere, Pertti Koistinen and Roosa Eriksson
(on behalf of the BIEN2018 LOC)
The UBI is applied in Libya since 1975 for the benefit of the women who was divorced without a job, old people without work, and special needs citizens who aren’t able to work. the amount was 135 USD/ Month and now is about 350 USD / month.
Libya Now is struggling from the increase of public sector employment which exceeds 88% from active manpower 18-64 .Therefore, I believe that using UBI instead of social security will help the Libyna government
to reduce the public sector employment and decrease the public sector salaries which exceeds 70% of the Libyan budget
Hi, do you know if there are any resources on this experience in Libya?