Basic Income European Network

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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.