European countries will start a Europe wide Citizens’ Initiative to get Basic Income on the agenda of the European Commission. The start of the campain will be the first friday after the BIW on 25th of september 2020. The campain ends 24th of september 2021. During this time it should be possible to obtain one […]
This years motto is: Basic Income: Freedom to Choose! We have had a poll and this motto was the most voted for. When you don’t have any other choice than to stay home because of a Corona Crisis a Basic Income is most welcome. So there are a lot of petitions going on at […]
You can now vote for your favorite motto vote for your motto here Mottos you can vote for: A) Basic education + Basic Income = Basic Human Rights B) Forward to a better world C) Gross Domestic Wellbeing – GDW instead of GDP D) Circular Wellbeing E) […]
13th Basic Income Week 14th-20th Sep 2020: Motto suggestions! We are now collecting suggestions for a Motto for next ibiw until 31st Oct! Send the motto in your language plus a translation into English to us either via the contact form on this site or via https://facebook.com/BasicIncomeWeek/ or via twitter https://mobile.twitter.com/basicincomeweek using #mottoibiw13 Any mottos sent […]
Next International Basic Income Week is coming, the 13th in succession: Mo-Su 14th-20th September 2020 www.facebook.com/events/519649058814324/ Plan your events for 2020! plan your #countonbasicincome photo again on 18th September 2020, www.facebook.com/events/561157377968732/ make an International Basic Income Beer #basicincomebeer on Friday 18th September 2020, www.facebook.com/events/940287139643902/ organize an International Basic Income March #basicincomemarch on Saturday 19th September […]
Read some of the world’s leading basic income thinkers ask what role basic income could play in the fight against unfree labour. Universal basic income: a way through the storm? Vast numbers of people around the world don’t have sufficient cash to ride out life’s problems. Could a basic income see them through? A […]
Basic Income Facebook pages to countries from all continents who supports the12th International Basic Income Week 16th-22nd September 2019 Basic Income Earth Network AT – Generation Grundeinkommen Österreich BR – ReCivitas CN – UBI Asia Pacific 亞太全民基本收入協會 DE – Netzwerk Grundeinkommen EE – Algatus tingimusteta põhisissetuleku – kodanikupalga võimaluste uurimiseks EU – Basic Income Europe […]
2nd International Basic Income March, Saturday 19th September 2020 in: Please add your Basic Income March here: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/2020-basic-income-march Then tab the orange “click to host” button to add your event. Read the instructions carefully! THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO WHEN FILLING OUT THE FORM IS TO SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND CHOOSE FOR […]
3rd International Basic Income Beer Syncronize your event on friday 18th September 2020 “3rd International Basic Income Beer – [City/Location]” Facebook event 2020: https://www.facebook.com/events/940287139643902/ Since 2018 a worldwide synchronized regular table every year on the Friday evening of the International Basic Income Week where the local basic income groups meet in as many places […]
We have got some new designs for Basic Income Week 2019. You can share, download, print and spread this on paper. A5flyerPrintOnA4 (7MB) A6flyerPrintOnA4 (7MB) poster A3 (13Mb) 12TH INTERNATIONAL BASIC INCOME WEEK 16th-22nd September CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Money is just an invention – not a Iaw of physics. The rules around money valuation, creation, […]
Critics say UBI is too expensive. That it would lead to enormous taxes. But if your government makes its own money, it doesn’t fund anything with taxes. Money is just a human invention (like videogame points or Reddit upvotes), and taxes make some of it disappear. Money is an unlimited resource. Money can be used […]
#countonbasicincome Say ‘Hello’ to rest of the world on TUESDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2018 and show your support for Universal Basic Income This 18th September post a picture of you in your local area with the hashtag #countonbasicincome You can do anything you like. Take a snap of you walking to work, draw a picture, make […]
Call for Participation for the 11th International Basic Income Week 2018 from 17th – 23th September Basic Income: an income you can count on! Everyone needs an income to be able to live and work to our full potential. Employment is not a guarantee for a dependable income. People need a source of income they can count […]
The first virtual conference to constitute the new international basic income week by the coordination team has been done. The aim is to get to know each other, to make a to-do-list and a who-does-it-list and a time schedule for the preparations. We also want to talk about a worldwide motto and about a joint […]
Unconditional Basic Income in Kenya, by Give Directly [1] interview with Joe Huston, CFO at Give Directly New York Give Directly is known for delivering cash transfers to the poorest country, mainly East Africa. Why did you suddenly start an unconditional basic income project instead – and what is different? While we have done unconditional […]
Unconditional nation-wide Cash transfer programme, Iran How many people benefit: currently about 90% of Iranian population, > 72 Million How can a programme that benefits 90% of the population (and the environment) be unpopular? Interview with economist Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, research fellow @ Economic Research Forum An unconditional cash transfer programme was started in Iran in […]
From September 18 to 24, the 10th International Core Revenue Week is held in Quebec under the theme “Living decently, here and everywhere”. The basic income would enable every Quebecer to have an inalienable right to a decent life and encourage the full and complete participation of every individual in society because of its universal […]
Here are the participants for our jubilee week: On 18th September 2017 we know of participants from 24 countries from 6 continents (Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America) who host events, attend events or have given interviews about projects in their country. The basic income community is as diverse as humanity. In some […]
The 10th International Basic Income Week is here and for this jubilee we are planning a special something: International Basic Income Week Videothon: Please take a short video of your event (in any format, videos taken on smart phones are fine too) and send it to bienoutreach@gmail.com to be stitched together with other videos around the world. […]
Governmental Basic Income Experiment 2017/2018, Finland [1] What we can learn from Finland: It’s not that difficult to organise a Basic Income pilot when you have an existing welfare system! Interview with Otto Lehto, member of BIEN Finland Compare the execution of the government Pilot with BIEN Finland’s[2] expectations before the election: It is pretty […]
