Basic Income Earth Network

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The Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) is a global network that aims to promote an unconditional basic income with congresses, research and lobbying .

history

The organization, founded in 1986, held its first international conference in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) in September of that year . The network initially called the Basic Income European Network (BIEN) spread its influence across the globe by 1994. In 1998, a circular was introduced three times a year, which now appears every two months on the basis of e-mails .

The organization is one of the initiators of the annual International Week of Basic Income , which Günter Sölken launched in 2008 .

BIEN congresses

  • 1986: 1st Congress - Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), 4th – 6th September 1986.
  • 1988: 2nd Congress - Universitaire Faculteiten St. Ignatius, Antwerp (Belgium), 22. – 24. September 1988.
  • 1990: 3rd Congress - European University Institute, Florence (Italy), 19. – 20. September 1990.
  • 1992: 4th Congress - Université de Paris-Val-de-Marne, Paris-St-Maur (France), 18. – 19. September 1992.
  • 1994: 5th Congress - Goldsmith College, London (Great Britain), 8–10. September 1994.
  • 1996: 6th Congress - United Nations Center, Vienna (Austria), 12. – 14. September 1996.
  • 1998: 7th Congress - Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Netherlands), 10. – 12. September 1998.
  • 2000: 8th Congress - Science Center Berlin (Germany), 6-7. October 2000.
  • 2002: 9th Congress - International Labor Office, Geneva (Switzerland), 12. – 14. September 2002.
  • 2004: 10th Congress “Right to a Basic Income: Equal Democracy” - Barcelona (Spain), 18. – 21. September 2004.
  • 2006: 11th Congress - University of Cape Town, Cape Town (South Africa), 2nd – 4th November, 2006.
  • 2008: 12th Congress - University College Dublin, Dublin (Ireland), 20. – 21. June 2008.
  • 2010: 13th Congress "Basic Income: An Instrument for Justice and Peace" - São Paulo (Brazil), June 30th – 2nd July 2010.
  • 2012: 14th Congress “Ways to a Basic Income” - Munich (Germany), 14. – 16. September 2012.
  • 2014: 15th Congress "Re-Democratizing the Economy" - Montreal (Canada), 26.-29. June 2014.
  • 2016: 16th Congress “Social and ecological transformation and Basic Income” - Sogang University, Seoul (South Korea), 7. – 9. July 2016.
  • 2017: 17th Congress "Implementing a Basic Income" - Lisbon (Portugal), in the Portuguese Parliament and the Lisbon School of Economics and Management - University of Lisbon , 25. – 27. September 2017.
  • 2018: 18th Congress "Basic Income and the New Universalism: Rethinking the Welfare State in the 21st Century" at the University of Tampere (Finland), 24.-26. August.
  • 2019: 19th congress “Basic Income as Freedom and Development” in Hyderabad (India), 22-25. August.

Chair of the BIEN

National and supranational networks connected with BIEN

In September 2016, 31 independent national and supranational networks of basic income proponents were recognized by BIEN as affiliates .

USA, 1999

The US Basic Income Guarantee Network (USBIG) was founded in December 1999.

Board of Directors: Karl Widerquist, Eri Noguchi, Michael Lewis, Steve Shafarman, Al Sheahen, Almaz cellke, Michael Howard, Jason Murphy, Jeff Smith, Michael Howard.

Switzerland, 2001

Founded in 2001 profit association Basic Income Earth Network Switzerland (BIEN-Switzerland) since 2002 part of BIEN. It is registered as a politically independent organization in accordance with Art. 60 ff. Of the Swiss Civil Code. The chairman is Albert Jörimann.

BIEN-Schweiz organized the international BIEN congress in Geneva in 2002 and took part in the federal popular initiative for an unconditional basic income 2012/16 .

Austria, 2002

The network: Basic Income and Social Cohesion, founded on October 21, 2002 , BIEN-Austria also participates in a European Citizens' Initiative (EBI) for an unconditional basic income. This ECI has been registered with the European Commission since January 14, 2013 (ECI (2013) 000001). The voluntary citizens' committee consists of over 50 people from 15 countries. The aim is to discuss the unconditional basic income broadly at the European level in order to finally introduce it. The European Commission is being asked to exhaust all its options, said Klaus Sambor, the Austrian chairman of this citizens' initiative .

Germany, 2004

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The Basic Income Network has been a member of BIEN since 2004. In January 2013 there were 3984 club members and 114 organizations. In September 2016 there were 4,417 people and 123 organizations.

The network basic income is supported by a friends' association and a scientific advisory board . In January 2013 there were three members of the board: Reimund Acker, Ronald Blaschke and Ralf Engelke.

Member organizations

Belgium, 2012

Founded on June 27, 2012. Organizing Committee: Adeline Otto, Aline Goethals, Anne-Marie Prieels, Christina Lambrecht, Hugo Lueders, Jean-Paul Brasseur, Marc Vandenberghe, Merijn Fagard, Pierre-Yves Ryckaert, Raf Knops.

There are other BIEN networks in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa and South Korea.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BIEN : WORLDWIDE: Ninth International Basic Income Week (Sep 19-25). In: basicincome.org . Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  2. ^ Basic Income Earth Network : Full List of BIEN Congresses. In: basicincome.org. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  3. ^ Rosa Luxemburg Foundation : Report on the 10th BIEN Congress. (PDF) In: archiv-grundeinkommen.de . Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  4. ^ BIEN 2012 : Invitation to the 14th BIEN Congress. In: bien2012.org . Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  5. ^ Basic Income Network : 16th BIEN Congress in July in Seoul. In: grundeinkommen.de . Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ BIEN 2017: 17th BIEN Congress, Portugal In: basicincome.org . Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  7. ↑ UTA: BIEN 2018 BIEN Congress, 24-26th August / Nordic UBI day, 23rd August . Retrieved December 6, 2018
  8. ^ Basic Income Network , Reimund Acker: BIEN Congress 2018 in Tampere, Finland . Retrieved December 7, 2018
  9. ↑ BIEN 2019 BIEN Congress, 22-25th August . Retrieved May 19, 2020
  10. ↑ Website Dr. Walter Van Trier ( Memento from August 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). Not available on September 19, 2016, 404.
  11. ↑ Basic Income Earth Network : 31 national and supranational networks connected with BIEN worldwide. In: basicincome.org . Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  12. ↑ US Basic Income Guarantee Network (USBIG) : Twelfth Annual North American Basic Income Congress 2013, Chair, Goals. ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.usbig.net
  13. ↑ Basic Income Earth Network-Switzerland (BIEN-Switzerland) : Chronicle and activities. ( Memento from January 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: bien-ch.org . Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  14. ^ BIEN Austria : BIEN-Austria Europäische Bürgerinitiative, Citizens' initiative: Unconditional Basic Income (UBI) - Exploring a pathway towards emancipatory welfare conditions in the EU, Date of request for registration: 14/11/2012. ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) As of January 2013. Access not possible on September 19, 2016, # 404.
  15. ↑ Basic Income Network : Members of the Basic Income Network. In: grundeinkommen.de . Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  16. ↑ Basic Income Network : Members of the Basic Income Network. In: grundeinkommen.de . Retrieved September 19, 2016.