The Austrian newspaper dieStandard.at published a report on the basic income pilot project in India, organised by the All India Federation of Self-Employment Women’s Associations (SEWA) and financed by UNICEF.
DieStandard.at: “Armen-Grundeinkommen in der Testphase,” DieStandard.at, December 26, 2012
The report is in German and can be found here:
https://diestandard.at/1355460457667/Armen-Grundeinkommen-in-der-Testphase
At the world action day, an international initiative group announced plans to prepare and launch a European Citizens’ Initiative on the implementation of an unconditional basic income in Europe. Hosted by the Internationaler Runder Tisch Grundeinkommen (international German-speaking round table on basic income), the symposium was held in Vienna on 14/15th October 2011. In the end, 60 scientists, activists and representatives from NGOs adopted a declaration in favor of this initiative. For more information on the initiative, please contact:
Klaus Sambor <klaus.sambor@aon.at> and
Ronald Blaschke <blaschke@grundeinkommen.de>
Vienna. At the world action day, an international initiative group announced plans to prepare and launch a European Citizens’ Initiative on the implementation of an unconditional basic income in Europe.
Hosted by the Internationaler Runder Tisch Grundeinkommen (international Germanophone round table on basic income), the symposium was held in Vienna on 14/15th October 2011. In the end, 60 scientists, activists and representatives from NGOs adopted a declaration concerning this matter.
At the same time people from all over the world rose up to claim real democracy and fair distribution, and to demonstrate against the power of the financial markets. The attendants of the symposium welcome these protests. If questions of distribution remain unanswered and claims for real democracy are not met, the existing global social inequalities and the hegemony of the financial markets over welfare policies are bound to trigger further crises.
The emancipatory unconditional basic income is perceived as a core instrument that brings about the necessary changes.
(Reference for journalists) For further questions do not hesitate to contact:
Klaus Sambor:
E-Mail: klaus.sambor@aon.at,
Tel.: (0043) (0) 664-73 43 73 08
Ronald Blaschke
E-Mail: blaschke@grundeinkommen.de,
Tel.: (0049) (0) 177 89 41 473
Internationaler Deutschsprachiger Runder Tisch Grundeinkommen (international germanophone round table on basic income)
Netzwerk Grundeinkommen Deutschland
Int. Erich-Fromm Gesellschaft
Attac AG „Genug für alle” (D)
Netzwerk Grundeinkommen und sozialer Zusammenhalt – B.I.E.N. Austria
BIN Italia
B.I.E.N.-CH
Attac Inhaltsgruppe Grundeinkommen (AT)
Further organisations:
Vereniging Basisinkomen Nederland
Initiativ bedengungslost Grondakommes Letzebuerg
Basic Income Network Finnland
International Symposium “From a compensatory to an emancipatory social policy in Europe“
Venue: Haus der Europäischen Union, 1010 Wien, Wipplingerstraße 35
Presentation „Minimum income systems: Overview and trends of development – a comparison inside the EU“ – Marcel Fink, University of Vienna
Presentation „Perspectives of a basic income in Europe“ – Ronald Blaschke, Netzwerk Grundeinkommen Deutschland (Basic Income Network Germany) Discussion and additions from other countries
Country teams – situation, discussion Basic Income and possible steps to an basic income in the countries of Europe. Presentation by the country teams Discussion on the assessment of situation with representatives of the EU-Parliament
Presentation „Citizens Initiative. Chances and limits for more Democracy“
MEP Gerald Häfner
Presentation „European Citizens Initiative for a Basic Income in Europe“
Klaus Sambor, Network Basic Income – BIEN Austria
Organized by:
Internationaler Runder Tisch Grundeinkommen (BI networks in Austria, Germany, Swizzerland, Italy); Attac (BI-groups in Austria and Germany)
For further information please contact: grundeinkommen@ksoe.at
Presentation of new books on BI in Vienna/Austria
Monday, October 17th,2011, 13-17
Library of ÖFSE (Austrian Research Foundation for International Development), C3 – Centrum für Internationale Entwicklung, Alois-Wagner Saal, 1090 Wien, Sensengasse 3 https://www.centrum3.at
Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen – woher, wozu und wohin?
Werner Rätz, Hardy Krampertz. AG SPAK Bücher 2011
Presentation by W. Rätz and H. Krampertz in German
The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class“
Guy Standing. Bloomsbury Academic Research 2011
Presentation by G. Standing in English
Exhibition on Basic Income
Details (in German): www.grundeinkommen.at
Please register at: Karin Grabovsky, k.grabovsky@oefse.at
Organized by
Netzwerk Grundeinkommen und sozialer Zusammenhalt – B.I.E.N. Austria in cooperation with Library of ÖFSE (Austrian Research Foundation for International Development)
For further information: Agenda Symposium 2011 (PDF-download)
On March 18th, 2011, 3Sat, a public, advertising-free, television network for Austria, Germany and Switzerland presented a 45-minute documentary on Basic Income. “Unconditionally happy? Freedom and Basic Income” by Sabine Jainski will be one feature of a week on the subject To be or to have:
https://www.3sat.de/page/?source=/specials/150569/index.html
