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A discussion on Clarification of Basic Income: “A NON-SEIZABLE Income and A SCORECARD concept for Evaluation of Basic Income Schemes”
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...
BIEN Congress comes to Australia in September 2022!
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...
Call for BIEN Members to Register for 2022 General Assembly
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...
Two Open BIEN Executive Committee Posts
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...
New World Bank Publication on Cash Transfers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
We know the features of the nearly 4,000 social protection responses to Covid-19 globally; but what are we learning from over two years of pandemic measures? A new paper by Ugo Gentilini, Global Lead for Social Assistance with the Social Protection and Jobs Global...
Basic Income Conversation
Basic Income Conversation seeks to spark a Conversation about basic income right across the UK. Hundreds of people are helping us get closer to a basic income for all, one Conversation at a time. You might support basic income and want more people to hear about it....
02 August 2022: “Permissionless Innovation, Freedom, and Basic Income” by Dr. Otto Lehto
On Tuesday, 02 August 2022, the FRIBIS Basic Income Workshop Series continues with a contribution of Philosopher & former FRIBIS visiting scholar Dr. Otto Lehto: „Permissionless Innovation, Freedom, and Basic Income“. He is going to present his input and...
BIEN Founders Meetup – July 16
BIEN Members are invited to meet the Founders who established BIEN 34 years ago. PDF Invitation coming soon to this page with Zoom link and times at various locations.
New Report on Tackling Poverty in the UK Published by Basic Income Conversation
The Basic Income Conversation is an initiative, powered by Compass, to promote the idea of a universal basic income in the UK. The report can be accessed here. This is the report summary: "This report examines the distributive impacts of three UBI schemes which raise...
The 6th “Clarification of the Basic Income’s Definition” (CBID) Open Forum: 12.30 PM GMT (1.30 PM London), Tuesday 28 June 2022
Malcolm Torry will present his paper titled “Basic Income: A brief history of the idea”. Discussion will follow. Abstract: A Basic Income is ‘a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirement’...
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)