Unconditional Basic Income Europe NEWSLETTER – March 2021 | Training sessions for UBI campaigners – which skills do you want to boost? | We at Unconditional Basic Income Europe (UBIE) aim to inspire campaigning for Basic Income across Europe. Each month therefore, we bring you stories and insights on the basic income movement. This time we would like to hear your opinion: What kind of information do you find interesting? Please take two minutes to answer our short survey here! Below, you’ll find out about our upcoming campaigner training workshops, read news from the basic income movement in Ireland, Italy, France, and Austria, as well as updates about the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) campaign. | Yours unconditionally, The UBIE Core Group:Vladan Lausevic, Ulrich Schachtschneider, Alessandra Bianchi, Dániel Fehér, and Antonios Triantafyllakis | Unleash your advocating powers! | 2021 is a year to move mountains. It’s time to push for the basic income idea. But advocating can be time-consuming if you lack skills and a step-by-step roadmap. Unconditional Basic Income Europe wants to make advocating easier and more efficient for you. This is why we are preparing a series of online training workshops that will provide you with actionable skills, tips and templates to spread the word about Basic Income, such as: how to get in touch with journalists and shine on the local and national press generate tons of catchy social media content without reinventing the wheel design memorable visuals without design skills catch politicians’ interest and get booked for a meeting network and form alliances with other organisations The sessions will take place Saturday afternoons and last between two to four hours. The first one is likely to be held shortly after Easter. Ready to get on board? Please fill in our short registration form and select the workshops you would like to attend. We will organise the most wanted sessions first. | Ireland: Pilot on the horizon The new coalition government committed to start a UBI experiment before the end of its term, possibly focusing on the arts and culture. Read more... | Italy: Growing interest Basic Income is gaining momentum in Italy. It was endorsed by the Minister of Labor, several politicians and even the Pope. Read more... | France: Putting UBI back on the agenda Since the 2016 presidential elections the popularity of Basic Income grew exponentially and today the concept is backed by many political parties. Read more... | Austria: Two campaigns Last year two important petitions for Basic Income started in Austria. Their success will have a strong impact on the future of the UBI movement. Read more... | Raise your glasses! We organised our second virtual Basic Income Beer meeting for this year in February. People joined from Hungary, Belgium, Germany, Sweden and the Czech Republic for interesting talks around Basic Income. The next meeting will take place on Saturday, 20 March from 6pm CET – grab your drink and have fun with us! | 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. | Stay in touch – follow us on: | Unconditional Basic Income Europe asbl Rue de Pavie 17 1000 Brussels Belgium Belgian public registry number: 633895889 Legal representative: Alessandra Bianchi (Chair) [email protected] | |