Basic Income Earth Network - Switzerland
Basic Income Earth Network - Switzerland
Volksinitiative
Poster of BIEN-Switzerland for the 18th Congress of BIEN-International
Produced by BIEN-Switzerland, this poster was among those of other affiliated organizations at the 18th Annual BIEN (International) Congress in Tampere, Finland.
Summary
On the 5th of June 2016, a fourth of the Swiss population voted in favor of a citizen federal initiative proposing to introduce the principle of the Universal Basic Income into the Swiss Constitution. After this significant milestone and based on the resulting fresh understanding of the UBI principles by the population and the political actors, actions have been taken to launch some pilot experiments in the country.
BIEN-Switzerland has actively supported the UBI initiative as well as other initiatives of the same type which may ease the introduction of the UBI at any level. Besides this activity, our organization proposes introductory lectures on the UBI and issues surrounding it, the setting up of experimental pilot projects, workshops on the themes of possible methods of practical implementation, benefits/limits/drawbacks of experiments and the formulation of a likely new federal initiative. [+]
UBI vote: one person in four says “yes”
The initiative for an unconditional basic income obtained 23% “yes” votes in Switzerland as a whole, 19.5% in German Switzerland, 28.3% in French Switzerland and 21.9% in Italian Switzerland. This is a very respectable result for something that just a short time ago was completely unknown, was backed by practically no political forces, and was proposing a fundamental paradigm shift.
Large cities returned quite impressive “yes” scores. A number of places even achieved majorities for UBI, such as four central districts in Geneva (Pâquis 54.6%, Mail-Jonction 52.9%, Cluse-Roseraie 51.1% and Prairie-Délices 50.8%), two in Zurich (districts 4 et 5, 54.7%) and the village of Sarzens in Vaud (51.4%). [+]
Rezonance présente une soirée First: RBI et le travail dans tous ses états
Le peuple suisse votera sur le RBI, le Revenu de Base Inconditionnel (RBI) le 5 juin prochain. Cette innovation sociale est en voie d’expérimentation en Finlande et aux Pays-Bas. Ce n'est qu'une des innovations qui bouillonnent et secoue la société civile.
Mot de bienvenue par le Professeur Jean-Henry Morin, professeur associé, Faculté des Sciences de la Société - Centre Universitaire d'Informatique (CUI).
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RBI, monnaies complémentaires et transition éco-citoyenne
Coorganisé par l'Association de Défense des Chômeurs (ADC Genève), le Réseau Suisse pour le revenu de base, Tera, un EcoVillage pour le XXIème siécle et Monnaie Léman. [+]
