Vihreä Sivistysliitto (The Green League for Culture) has published a report on basic income on April 26, 2007. The report (in Finnish) is available on The Green League for Culture’s web site www.visili.fi.

BASIC INCOME – TOWARDS A FUNCTIONING SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM A research report on basic income by The Green League for Culture was published today. The report on basic income of the The Green League for Culture is a result of a whole year’s research project. Special researcher Pertti Honkanen from Kela’s (The Social Insurance Institution of Finland) research department presents in the report calculated microsimulation models of the basic income.

Project Secretary of the e2 Ms. Leena Koivisto visited a seminar ”Positive Opinion Winds for the EU” organized by SIEPS (Svenska Institutet för Europapolitiska Studier) in Stockholm on April 25, 2007. Amongst the speakers were professors in political science, Sören Holmberg and Rutger Lindahl from the University of Gothenburg.

Most Finns believe climate change is a genuine, man-made problem and they are ready to take measures against its unwanted consequences. This is the key finding of the first extensive survey of the Finns’ position on climate change, published on Monday. The study, Plenty of weather today: climate change and the citizen is based on the views of 1,112 Finns on climate change.