Basic Income European Network

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TENTH CONGRESS OF THE BASIC INCOME EUROPEAN NETWORK
"The Right to a Basic Income: Egalitarian Democracy"
Barcelona, 19-20 September 2004

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
The Congressis being held within the framework of the Universal Forum of Cultures, as part of the Dialogue on "Human Rights, Emerging Needs and New Opportunities" organised by Catalonia's Institute of Human Rights (18-21 September 2004). The (very reasonable) participation fee will cover access to all activities organised during these four days as part of this "Dialogue". (Practical details will follow in due course.)

Friday, September 17th:
4th symposium of the Red Renta Básica (Spanish section of BIEN).

Saturday, September 18th:
Plenary sessions common to the 5 events organised by the Institute of Human Rights.

Sunday, September 19th:
9:00-11:00: Plenary session common to the 5 events organised by the Institute of Human Right.

BIEN Congress 1st day
11:30-12:00 Institutional presentation
12:00-14:00: Opening plenary session: "The Basic Challenges in the Justification of Basic Income"
12:00-13:00: Exchange 1: "Right to Basic Income and Duty of Reciprocity"
13:00-14:00: Exchange 2: "Basic Income and Care-Work"
15:30-17:00: Panels and parallel workshops
17:30-19:00: Panels and parallel workshops

Monday, September 20th:

BIEN Congress 2nd day
9:30-11:00: Panels and parallel workshops
11:30-13:00: Panels and parallel workshops
14:30-17:30: Closing plenary session: "Basic Income in Response to Systemic Crisis"
14:30-16:00: Exchange 1: "Facing the New Crisis of Social Security and the Welfare State"
16:00-17:30: Exchange 2: "The Prospects of Basic Income in Developing Countries"
17:30-17:45: Closing speeches
18:00-20:00 BIEN General Assembly

Tuesday, September 21th:
Closing common events of the general Dialogue:
* Closing conference by President Lula da Silva (tbc)
* Public presentation of Dialogue's conclusions
* Public Presentation of the Universal Declaration of Emerging Human Rights
* Closing speeches by Michael Moore and Susan Sarandon

Languages of the Congress
English, French, Spanish and Catalan, with simultaneous translation in all plenary sessions and in some panel sessions. English only in the other panel sessions. (Further details later.)

Parallel Workshops and Panels
Sixteen parallel workshops will be organised mainly as panels of 3-4 speakers, coordinated by a chair and devoted to the discussion of one single subject. The call for panel coordinators had its deadline last October and ended successfully with a high number of proposals. However, some parallel sessions may still be filled with individual papers. Individual paper proposals may be also used by the Scientific Committee to fill some possible gaps in the panel sessions. When strictly necessary, panel sessions may have simultaneous translation.

PROVISIONAL LIST OF PANELS
Twelve panel proposals have been accepted provisionally, subject to the final confirmation of speakers by the coordinators and to the approval of their contents by the Scientific Committee soon after the 31 March 2004 deadline.
The panels at this moment are the following (anyone interested in these specific issues may contact the coordinators):

1) Basic Income and the Right to Work (coord. Philip Harvey, pharvey@camden.rutgers.edu).
2) Towards an European Basic Income Experiment (coord. Loek Groot, lgroot@mail.siswo.uva.nl).
3) Implementing Basic Income: Administrative Challenges (Jürgen de Wispelaere, jurgen.dewispelaere@ucd.ie).
4) Basic Income and Democratic Republicanism (coords. Daniel Raventós & David Casassas, ravento@eco.ub.es, casassas@eco.ub.es).
5) Basic Income as a Trade Union Policy (coords. Alex Boso & Sergi Raventós, alexboso@hotmail.com, sravenpa7@socio.ub.edu).
6) Basic Income as a Policy for Fighting Against Child Labour (coord. Eduardo Calderón, eduardo.calderon@uab.es).
7) Benefits in Kind vs. Benefits in Monetary Form: Strenghts and Weaknesses in Different Worlds (coord. Manfred Bienefeld, ManfredBienefeld@pigeon.carleton.ca).
8) Innovative and Sustainable Financing for Basic Income (coord. Paul Metz, Metz@integerconsult.org).
9) Basic Income and Spiritual Values: Strong Ethical Arguments in the Basic Income Debate (coord. Michael Opielka, michael.opielka@isoe.org).
10) From Aspiration to Policy Implementation: Introducing a Basic Income System Category by Category (coord. Sean J. Healy, sean.healy@cori.ie).
11) Towards a Universal Basic Pension (coord. Guy Standing, GuyStanding@compuserve.com).
12) After Workfare (coord. Yannick Vanderborght, vanderborght@etes.ucl.ac.be).

All panel coordinators should send the complete list of speakers and abstracts to the Scientific Committee (jose.noguera@uab.es) before 31 March 2004, and, if approved, send the complete papers before 31 July 2004.

CALL FOR PAPERS
If you would like to present a paper that could fit into one of the above panels, do get in touch directly with the coordinator. If your paper proposal is not related to any of the themes of the panels or if for some other reason it cannot be fitted into a panel, you can submit it directly to Jose Antonio Noguera , following the guidelines below. A minimum of 16 slots will be allocated to papers proposed in this way. The earlier you get in touch, the better.

ABSTRACTS
* In English.
* Of no more than 100 words plus title.
* Should include: complete name of the author, profession and/or institution, postal address, telephone, fax, and e-mail address.
* Should reach the coordinator of the Scientific Committee (José A. Noguera, jose.noguera@uab.es) before 31 March 2004.
* Authors will be informed before 31 May 2004 about whether their paper is accepted or not.

PAPERS
* Should contribute new insights relevant to the basic income discussion, whether through empirical research, theoretical analysis, or a discussion of conceptual or practical issues.
* Format: Times New Roman 12, 1,5 spaces.
* Will be presented orally (maximum 15 minutes) in the workshops, by one of the authors registered as a Congress participant.
* Are to be submitted to the coordinator of the Scientific Committee (José A. Noguera, jose.noguera@uab.es) before 31 July 2004. Papers which arrive in time will be included in a CD to be distributed to all the Congress participants.

LOCAL ORGANIZING AND
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

José A. Noguera (Program coordinator. Professor of Sociology at the Universidad Autònoma of Barcelona, and Vice-president of Red Renta Básica), jose.noguera@uab.es
David Casassas (Organization coordinator. Researcher at the University of Barcelona and Secretary of Red Renta Básica), casassas@eco.ub.es.
Daniel Raventós (President of Red Renta Básica. Professor of Social Theory at the University of Barcelona).
Sandra González (Researcher at Oxford University and the University of Barcelona. Member of the Executive Committee of Red Renta Básica).
Francisco Ramos (Lecturer in Sociology at the Universidad Oberta de Catalunya. Treasurer of Red
Renta Básica).