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PORTUGAL: BIEN Affiliates and General Assembly get together at the BIEN Lisbon Congress 2017
Jenna van Draanen. Credit to Enno Schmidt / Luís Gaspar. Just as in the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress in Seoul, in 2016, BIEN’s General Assembly (GA) took place in Lisbon’s BIEN Congress this year (2017). With an important addition: this time a BIEN...
Italy: Basic Income, a proposal for the 21st century
Meeting of the Basic Income Network, in Italy On Friday, 10 November 2017, the Italian Basic Income Network - Italy (BIN Italia) organizes a day-to-day discussion forum about basic income, which will feature, among others, the participation of the philosopher...
Emmanuel Surendra, “A Historical Timeline Of BR1M In Malaysia”
Malaysia’s unconditional cash transfer program for the poor, from 2012 to 2017.
MACAU: Over 543,000 receive unconditional cash grants under 2017 Wealth Partaking Scheme
The Government of Macau has completed the most recent distribution of its annual wealth dividend, providing most residents of the city with an unconditional cash grant of about US$1,200.
South Korea: Lottery for “Another Life” – Tio Su-ki Basic Income Pilot for and by young people
Daejeon, South Korea. Started in October 2016 a group of young people from Daejeon in South Korea initiated the ‘Tio Su-Ki project’, which was presented by the Basic Income Korea Network (BIKN) at this year’s Universal Basic Income (UBI) summit in Lisbon. The...
EUROPE: Haagh delivers keynote lecture on Basic Income at World Health Organization
The event was held as part of the European Health Forum Gastein on October 6, 2017.
BI panel discussions Oct 19-20 St. Michaels University Toronto Ontario
Related to Ontario’s Basic Income pilot project there will be a lively 2 day panel discussion Oct 19, 2017, 7-9 pm followed by a Q&A at University of St. Michael’s College, in the COOP section of Brennan Hall, 81 St. Mary’s street, Toronto Ontario. Then Oct 20,...
Overview of Current Basic Income Related Experiments (October 2017)
The year 2017 has been a watershed year for basic income, as multiple governments and private research groups have independently conceived and launched experimental trials of closely related policies. This article reviews the experiments that are being launched or well along the path.
INDIA: Goa Foundation, mines, minerals & People, Common Cause and the Goenchi Mati Movement jointly launch The Future We Need Campaign
The Future We Need campaign was launched by the Goa Foundation (GF), mines, minerals & People (mm&P), Common Cause and the Goenchi Mati Movement (GMM). Dr. K.R. Rao Committee has been entrusted by the Ministry of Mines in order to draft the National Mineral...
UK: University College London research group recommends Universal Basic Services over Universal Basic Income
In October 2017, the Social Prosperity Network released a report arguing for Universal Basic Services for the UK.
