As a Citizen's Income is an important element of in older people's income in some countries, and has profound implications for the distribution of income in later life, RN members may be interested in this conference and Call for Papers. CALL FOR PAPERS 'INCOME SECURITY AS A RIGHT' 9th International Congress of BIEN Sept 12-14 2002, ILO Geneva Office Themes: Income security as a right Assessing selectivity Citizenship credit cards Legitimising basic income politically Papers are invited for parallel workshops Posters are invited for display of research in graphic form - Abstracts by March 31st Invited speakers include: Tony Atkinson Robert Holzmann Claus Offe Ilona Ostner Guy Standing Philippe van Parijs Eduardo Suplicy (leading politician in Brazil, hopes to introduce a Basic Income in that country) For full details, contact BIEN Email: [log in to unmask] www.basicincome.org !FP/SES, International Labour Office, 4 rte des Morillons, CH-1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland