BIEN has made a crucial contribution to the worldwide awareness of the idea of an unconditional basic income. For this to happen, perseverance was key, but also technology.
Philippe Van Parijs reflects on the shaky birth of our network in this article published in The Brussels Times on 17 August 2022.
Start: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 • 6:00 PM • Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London (GMT+00:00) End: Tuesday, September 06, 2022 • 7:30 PM • Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London (GMT+00:00).
This is an online event. Register and get full details here and the organizers will send you the link to join.
Some of the most common criticisms of a basic income are that it is too expensive and that it’s not possible to win the public and political support for the policy. But the research presented at this event shows that an affordable basic income can have a dramatic impact on poverty and that a basic income is a vote winner, specifically in crucial swing seats. How can a modest basic income cut poverty by half? Is basic income a vote winner?
On 31 August 2022 Clarification of the Basic Income Definition’ Working Group’ will hold its 6th Open Forum led off by a presentation by Dr. Ali Mutlu Köylüoğlu on “A NON-SEIZABLE Income and A SCORECARD concept for Evaluation of Basic Income Schemes”.
The Open Forum will be held on Wednesday, 31 August, at 12.30 GMT (UTC) on Zoom.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83993712210?pwd=L0R6ajNIUUlydzJRY09oYUw3ZmJ1QT09
Meeting ID: 839 9371 2210
Passcode: 6thForum
The annual Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress comes to Australia in 2022. Brisbane will host the three-day conference between September 26 and September 28 in a hybrid face-to-face and online format. Registration is now open https://www.bien2022.com/registration.
BIEN2022’s headline theme of Crisis & Transformation invites Congress participants to interrogate the role the basic income in addressing the major ecological, health and economic crises besetting our world today. This task could not be more urgent.
Australia is among the many countries to have experienced catastrophic wildfires and floods in recent years. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic ripped through society, while economic inequality and insecurity continued to grow. An estimated 1 billion animals were killed in Australia’s 2019 bushfires, while some East Coast homes have been inundated three times in 12 months in recent floods. Natural disasters and the pandemic forced national and state governments to introduce radical policy interventions, including in the area of income support. These interventions proved temporary. But could they hold important lessons for basic income researchers and advocates?
BIEN2022 comprises over 200 papers, panels and roundtables presented by leading thinkers, researchers, policymakers and activists from around the world. Highlights include: a video message from Andrew Yang, Kathi Weeks on Work Futures & Post-Productivism, Guy Standing on The Blue Commons, Philippe van Parijs on Climate on Covid, Putin: Dawn or dusk for UBI?, and contributions from leading activists and artists in the basic income movement, including Scott Santens and Jessie Golem. Experts from the World Bank, International Labour Organisation, CEPAL and ODI will examine the potential of Emergency Basic Income in light of the of the pandemic experience. Other speakers include, Annie Miller, Almaz Zelleke, Yanu Prasetyo, Sarath Davala, Ugo Gentilini, Hyosang Ahn, Hilde Latour, Karl Widerquist, Toru Yamamori, Louise Haagh, Neil Howard and many more. BIEN2022 includes sessions on basic income and health, analysis of experiments in South Korea, Brazil, North America and Europe and film screenings.
For those traveling to Brisbane, location and accommodation information is available at https://www.bien2022.com/location.
To register for BIEN2022, please visit https://www.bien2022.com/registration.
For Congress updates follow us at https://twitter.com/bien2022.
BIEN’s 2022 General Assembly will be held online, on 28 September at 1pm British Summer Time (UTC +1). We kindly ask members to register to be able to attend the GA meeting. This registration is required to ensure only members participate in BIEN’s decision making by voting at the meeting. Names of those registered will be checked against our members register. We therefore kindly ask you to join the meeting 15 minutes ahead of time.
The Agenda for the General Assembly is available here and will be updated as necessary.
Members should register by clicking here.
Ahead of BIEN’s General Assembly scheduled for 28 September (online), we have the pleasure of announcing two posts in BIEN’s Executive Committee, which we invite you to run for. These posts are a Volunteer Coordinator and a Fundraising Coordinator.
In terms of responsibilities, the Volunteer Coordinator‘s tasks will include: – Screening inquiries from interested volunteers and referring them to the appropriate project lead – Assigning volunteers specific tasks depending on BIEN’s needs – Regular participation in and reporting to BIEN’s monthly Executive Committee meeting. Our outgoing Volunteer Coordinator will be available to train and support whomever next steps into this role.
BIEN is currently at a critical juncture where it has secured funding from Mustardseed Trust for its growth for three years and aims to further expand its funding sources. The Fundraising Coordinator is a newly created position to this effect. His/her tasks will include: – Developing a fundraising strategy – Reaching out to potential donor organisations and individuals to develop a funding stream. This task will be shared with BIEN’s Hubs Coordinator. – Regular participation in and reporting to BIEN’s monthly Executive Committee meeting.
To apply, please write to me directly with: – your CV – a personal statement (a minimum of 200 and a maximum of 500 words). The personal statement should mention why you would like to be elected to a specific post, your qualifications and experience relevant to the post as well as ideas you have about filling it. – and a profile picture
Please contact me with your intention to run by 19 August. Earlier submission is encouraged.
The two posts will be filled through an election at BIEN’s General Assembly, which you can already register for by clicking here.
As an incumbent, you will be joining BIEN’s Executive Committee, a group of 12 individuals dedicated to Basic Income in these exciting times for this policy tool.
We very much thank you should you consider running for either of these posts. I am of course happy to answer any questions.
