Watch our conference - live from Brussels! AGENDA Moderation: Karl Widerquist (BIEN) 09:30 Welcome from European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) 09.40 Welcome from Barb Jacobson, Chair, Unconditional Basic Income Europe (UBIE) 09:50 Amana Ferro, European Anti Poverty Network: Situation with income poverty and hidden poverty in Europe 10:05 Questions & Answers 10.15 Ronald Blaschke, Co-Founder and Member of the Board of Netzwerk Grundeinkommen Germany: Unconditional Basic Income – Consistently against (hidden) poverty and for real freedom for everyone 10:30 Q&A 10:40 Coffee Break 11:00 Citizens Manifesto for European Democracy, Solidarity and Equality – Different Needs and Solutions. Elena Dalibot, European Alternatives, Project Coordinator 11:15 Q&A 11:25 Gerald Häfner, MEP, Greens: Development of ECI and EU-Referendum – tools for more democracy in the EU 11:40 Q&A 11:50 David Casassas, Member of BIEN, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Democracy and Unconditional Basic Income 12:05 Q&A 12:15 Werner Rätz, Attac Germany, Working Group Enough for all and Working Group Beyond the Growth: Degrowth, Health and Unconditional Basic Income 12:30 Q&A (ten minutes) and General Discussion 13.00 Lunch Break 14:00 Philippe Van Parijs, Chair of Advisory Board of BIEN: Euro- Dividend – An example for an partial basic income in Europe 14:15 Q&A 14:25 Guy Standing, Honorary Co-President of BIEN: What can we learn from Namibian and Indian experiments with unconditional cash transfers? 14:40 Q&A 14:50 BREAK 15:20 Building the European Movement for an UBI – Panel Stanislas Jourdan, French Movement for UBI: How the ECI woke up the European movement Valerija Korosec, UBI Slovenia: Running in the EU elections for UBI Vahur Luhtsalu, UBI Estonia: Learning-by-doing: How we jumped on the ECI-UBI train (and what are the lessons learned) Plamen Dimitrov, president of CITUB, Bulgarian Trade Union: Why Bulgarian trade unions are supporting UBI Tomas Haimann, UBI Czech Republic: Perspectives from Eastern Countries Samuel Pulido, UBI Spain, presentation on the Spanish Popular Initiative for UBI Anna-Béa Duparc, BIEN Switzerland: Lessons from the Swiss Federal Initiative for UBI and perspectives with the nationwide referendum Lena Stark, UBI Sweden: UBI in the context of advanced welfare countries Klaus Sambor, Runder Tisch Grundeinkommen Austria: The movement for UBI as part of wider social movements in Europe Dr. Mihaela Meresi, Romanian Open Society Abroad (DP-ROSA): UBI as fundamental principle of political, economic and social redesign in Europe: building the Ethocratic Union 17:20 Closing address 17:30 finished
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