by Will Wachtmeister | Jun 21, 2015 | News
From https://www.sociaalweb.nl/auteurs/mr-evelien-meester
Dutch social policy website Sociaalweb runs an analysis piece on whether the local unconditional basic income experiments being developed in the Netherlands are compatible with national law.
Expert judicial commentator Evelien Meester finds that introducing a basic income and sweeping away the current social security framework would be entirely compatible with the Dutch constitution.
However, Meester warns that a basic income would need to be “pretty high” from the outset as the government would be obliged to set it at living wage levels if it is to serve as a legally compliant alternative to existing social rights.
Evelien Meester “Is een onvoorwaardelijk basisinkomen juridisch mogelijk?” Sociaalweb, June 4, 2015.
by Andre Coelho | Apr 16, 2015 | News
A 24 year old econometrician from the Netherlands, named Sjir Hoeijmakers, is also a leading basic income activist. He has already written a motion defending basic income implementation and delivered it in Congress, and also an article about basic income which got published in Times. Has been speaking and lecturing around the Netherlands, and is involved in preparation efforts for implementing basic income at the municipal level.
He is now asking for a basic income himself, in order to keep working for the basic income cause, both on theoretical and practical grounds. According to his page on Dream or Donate he asks for contributions for a modest basic income of 1000 €/month, which is indeed basic for Dutch standards.
Other activists have also been trying this kind of crowd funding for securing a personal basic income, in order to keep working as activists for basic income. This is the case of Scott Santens, who is currently financed at 386 US$/month, according to his page on Patreon. This crowd funding efforts are in line with many other currently growing internet-based programs, like Indiegogo.
More information at:
Language: Dutch
Sjir Hoeijmakers personal page, at Dream or Donate
Scott Santens personal page, at Patreon
by Karl Widerquist | Jan 31, 2015 | News
Guy Standing, honorary co-President of BIEN, visited Groningen, Netherlands in the last week of January 2015 to discussing with locals the possibility of launching a pilot basic income scheme around there. He does not know yet whether the project will happen, but he says, the group seems very grounded, and the man on the council in charge of social policy seems keen. The discussions were filmed by public Dutch TV with the programme due to be put out in March 2015.
by Karl Widerquist | Sep 5, 2014 | News
Poster-week-van-het-basisinkomen
Unconditional Basic Income can become the basis for “Building Social Cohesion in Europe”. This is the motto of this year’s International Basic Income Week, which is scheduled to run from September 15–21, 2014. BI Weeks activities in the Netherlands include, a viewing Enno Schmidt’s Basic Income Film, organizing a Parking Day for the UBI, debates, book presentations, workshops, etc. Swiss activist/filmmaker Enno Schmidt’s film, “Basic Income a Cultural Impulse” will be performed in several theaters (select subtitles of your choice).
Some well-known speakers will give presentations:
- Historian/Journalist Rutger Bregman, author of “Why-we-should-give-free-money-to-everyone.“
- Economist/rapper Joeri Oltheten AKA Parao, known from the song “The Good Life.“
- Jolanda Verburg, female blogger/politician for the Dutch Greens
- Willem Gieling, vice-chairman Dutch Basic Income Network
Events will take place cities including Tilburg, Amsterdam, Breda, Namen (B), Zoetermeer, Assen, Leeuwarden, Borger.
For more information see:
Dutch website: https://week-van-het-basisinkomen.nl
English website: https://basicincomeweek.org
Basic Income Week
by Harry Pitts | May 24, 2014 | Research
Ad Planken and Tijmen Lucie, “An unconditional basic income for all”, spectrezine: haunting europe, 2nd February 2014.
An unconditional basic income for all
