Unconditional Basic Income Europe NEWSLETTER – December 2021 |
Europe's Youth Embraces Basic Income |
We hope this finds you in good health. As the end of the year approaches, we would like to look back on the achievements of the past months. 2021 has been another challenging year for Basic Income advocates. With the pandemic dragging on, it remains difficult to organise large events and campaigns. However, we have also managed to find new ways to keep the debate on UBI going. In March, Unconditional Basic Income Europe held the best attended General Assembly of its history. At this digital event, the working programme of the organisation was adopted and a new board elected for the next two years. In June and November we had two additional online gatherings that we call "Agoras" – click here to see the notes of the last one. Due to the difficulties with the pandemic situation, the European Commission granted further extensions to the European Citizens' Initiative "Start Unconditional Basic Incomes (UBI) throughout the EU", with the final deadline now being 25 June 2022. This leaves enough opportunities to still sign the initiative and to promote it to your friends. See below for our news and upcoming events. |
Yours unconditionally, The UBIE Core Group |
Basic Income at the European Youth Event 2021 |
The bi-annual "European Youth Event" organised by the European Parliament is a unique opportunity for people between 16-30 to interact in-person, inspire each other and exchange their views with experts, activists, influencers and decision-makers about the future of the European Union. This year, we learned that Basic Income appeals to a wide spectrum of people across political leanings. UBIE was selected among over 260 applications to host a workshop related to Basic Income, whose title was "The Future is Yours – Policies for a fairer economy". Our delegation, consisting of 13 young people from Belgium, Germany, Greece, Hungary, North Macedonia, Romania, Spain and Sweden was in contact for almost two years preparing for the event and exchanging views on Basic Income, since this edition of the EYE was originally planned for 2020. Many thanks to all who contributed towards our delegates' participation in this event. Read our full report here. |
Future of Europe: UBI A proposal for UBI is currently in the top ranks on the online platform of the "Conference on the Future of Europe“ in the field of "Economy and Social Affairs". Endorse this idea to push it to number one and to promote the ECI for UBI at the same time! Vote for UBI now! |
Why Basic Income is Vital For the 14th International Basic Income Week, three events were organised in Greece to discuss the vitality of Basic Income and what we have learned from various experiments. Among the key speakers was Guy Standing, whose book “Basic Income: And How We Can Make it Happen” has recently also been published in Greek. Read more… |
Human rights start locally In October, UBIE hosted, in cooperation with BIEN, a panel debate at the event titled "Human Rights start locally, like Basic Income" at the Fundamental Rights Forum, Europe’s leading human rights event. Read more... |
The Monetary Issues of UBI Also in October, the Freiburg Institute for Basic Income Studies (FRIBIS) organized a conference regarding economic, monetary, and financial topics. Several members of UBIE gave presentations and participated in the debates. You can watch the discussion via their YouTube channel. See more... |
Steps towards UBI? The Green European Foundation has published a new report regarding ideas for an EU-wide basic income. Their report examines the social policy reactions to the Covid-19 crisis in several EU-member states. Read more... |
UBIE volunteers invest huge amounts of their time, energy and money into promoting basic income. With your help, we can strengthen our financial foundation in order to professionalise our work and accelerate the UBI journey. |
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