The 22nd Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) Congress will be hosted online from 18 to 21 August 2021. This conference will explore the role of basic Income in global societies under the theme of bringing concept to reality. For more information on the conference at large, please see the full programme attached.

You’re warmly invited to join UNDP for a Roundtable Event on Basic Income: Perspectives on Leaving No One Behind this coming Thursday, 19 August at 12:00pm-13:15pm (New York). Featuring speakers from ILO, UNIDO, UNESCO, the World Bank, the IMF, BIEN and UNDP (among others!), this event will offer perspectives and discussion from practitioners leading this area of work.

The panel will be moderated by Renata Rubian, UNDP BPPS/Inclusive Growth and will feature perspectives from:

• Balazs Horvath, UNDP
• Shahra Razavi, ILO
• Simone Cecchini, ECLAC
• Salim Araji, ESCWA
• Anton Bjork, ESCWA
• Iulia Sevciuc, UNESCO
• Noriko Takahashi - UNIDO
• Ruslan Yemtsov - World Bank
• Ruud de Mooji - IMF
• Guy Standing - BIEN-SOAS