Basic Income Ireland Summer Forum 2015 The Basic Income Summer Forum 2015 will be this Saturday and we extend a warm invite to all. If you have not signed up yet don't worry, there is no formal registration, and we should have spare seats (and cups of tea!). This Saturday 13th June at 10.30am

Carmellite Community Center - 56 Augier Street, Dublin 2. map link

Closest parking is in St. Stephen's Green (entrance on York St.) - map link - or alternatively Drury St. Car Park - map link

For public transport links click on this website and add your start location. You are cordially invited to the second Basic Income Ireland Summer Forum on Saturday 13th June. This half-day event is a chance for anyone with an interest in Basic Income a chance to meet up, to explore the issues in greater depth and to learn more about Basic Income in Ireland and worldwide. A basic income is a payment from the state to every resident on an individual basis, without any means test or work requirement. It would be sufficient to live a frugal but decent lifestyle without supplementary income from paid work. Basic Income Ireland is the Irish affiliate of the Basic Income Earth Network. We envisage an Ireland where every child, woman and man has an unconditional guaranteed basic income sufficient to live life with dignity. We are proud to announce that our keynote speaker is Enno Schmidt - painter, writer and filmmaker, who organised a successful ballot initiative calling for a national referendum on instituting a Basic Income in Switzerland. He will discuss the successful campaign and preparations for the national referendum, and share his reflections on the strategies that have been most effective and those that have been less successful. Programme 10:30 - 11:00 Registration 11:00 - 11.30 Welcome and opening notes 11:30 - 12:30 Recent developments in Basic Income internationally: Keynote speaker: Enno Schmidt (Switzerland) on the Swiss referendum about Basic Income 12:30 - 1:15 Lunch break 1:15 - 3:30 Workshops 3:30 - 4:00 Feedback session and conclusion Afterwards Social gathering in The Swan, Aungier Street Workshop 1: Promoting Basic Income 1:15-2:30 Presentation and Q&A to introduce the German crowdfunding initiative Mein Grundeinkommen (Amira Jehia) and how to use EU programmes to lobby for BI in Brussels (Stanislas Jourdan, UBIE) 2:45-3:30 Participatory session /Workshop around the question "How to promote BI in Ireland" Workshop 2: Basic Income in relation to other social Issues 1:15-2:15 Podium discussion: Basic Income, Unemployment and Social Welfare with Yvonne Woods (FLAC) and Brid O'Brien (INOU) 2.30-3.30 Continued discussion BI, Unemployment and Social Welfare with Guests and Audience There is no charge for this event; however donations and membership subscriptions will be accepted on the day. For more information and to book a place, please visit http://www.basicincomeireland.com/2015-summer-forum-signup.html Date: Saturday 13 June 2015 Time: 10.30 to 4:00, with informal discussion afterwards Venue: Carmelite Community Centre – 56 Aungier Street, Dublin 2 No Charge: Donations/membership subscriptions will be accepted on the day Bookings: http://www.basicincomeireland.com/2015-summer-forum-signup.html Contact: basicincomeireland@gmail.com Connect with Us: Facebook Twitter Reddit Contact Info: w: Basic Income Ireland

e: basicincomeireland@gmail.com Summer Forum Guests and Speakers Enno Schmidt (Initiative Grundeinkommen) Enno Schmidt is a painter, writer and filmmaker. He co-founded the Swiss organization Initiative Grundeinkommen. One of his projects is The Basic Income, a cultural impulse, a documentary that promotes the idea of a Basic Income. The film was released in 2008, versions with subtitles in many languages can be viewed on YouTube. Enno Schmidt helped to organize the successful ballot initiative calling for a national referendum on instituting a Basic Income in Switzerland. He will talk about the successful campaign and preparations for the national referendum, and share his reflections on the strategies that have been most effective and those that have been less successful. www.grundeinkommen.ch/enno-schmidt/ Amira Jehia (Mein Grundeinkommen) Mein Grundeinkommen is a German project which collects money for Basic Income via Crowdfunding. As soon as 12.000€ have been donated, a winner will be drawn who receives one year of Basic Income. Since its start in 2014, more than 19.000 people have helped to finance 13 Basic Incomes so far. The project has been frequently covered by German Press and TV. Amira Jehia will introduce the team, the tools used by the crowd to fund the money and plans for international expansion. www.mein-grundeinkommen.de Stanislas Jourdan (Unconditional Basic Income Europe – UBIE) Following the 2013 European Citizens Initiative for Unconditional Basic Income, UBIE was founded last year in Brussel. Their objective is to have UBI in at least one European Country and an EU-wide step towards an emancipatory UBI. Such a step could be achieved by the introduction of a partial basic income scheme as outlined in the Eurodividend proposal or through alternative proposals like a basic income for children. Stanislas Jourdan will focus on one of UBIE’s key strategies: lobbying activities in order to leverage support among EU policymakers. www.basicincome-europe.org/ubie/ Yvonne Woods (Free Legal Advice Centres - FLAC) FLAC is an independent human rights organisation dedicated to the realisation of equal access to justice for all. FLAC promotes greater fairness, consistency and transparency in the administration of the welfare system, calling for practical reforms. Working with a range of partner organisations and groups, they support vulnerable people in particular. FLAC aims to explain complex areas of social welfare law through information guides and reports. Moreover, they also conduct strategic cases to press for change that promotes human rights principles in the social welfare system. www.flac.ie Brid O'Brien (Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed – INOU) The INOU works at local and national levels on issues affecting unemployed people and supports local groups through services such as training, information and analysis of Government policies. In their Aims the INOU lists, among others, to campaign for an acceptable standard of living for all unemployed people and their dependents and to build on the common interest between the unemployed and employed. www.inou.ie