This research aims to provide an overview of how respondents use and utilize Circles UBI to meet their daily needs. As a Pilot Project, this research is designed to quickly understand the conditions of respondents before and after they use Circles UBI. Does the presence of Circles UBI have a particular impact on its users or not? Circles UBI is a platform for sharing and exchanging value (points) among users which contains elements of mutual cooperation, mutual assistance, and social solidarity. Circles UBI also introduces a new way of implementing the concept of Universal/Unconditional Basic Income (UBI). The combination of Blockchain technology and UBI is the first pilot experiment in Indonesia conducted in a measured and systematic manner. However, there are still many challenges and limitations to this experiment, such as the short experimental period and the use of the beta version of the Circles application which still needs a lot of technical development. Despite the limitations mentioned above, the preliminary results of the Circles UBI Pilot Project in Denpasar, Jembrana, and Tabanan could be one of the references and foundations for conducting other social innovations that are larger and have a positive impact on the welfare of society in Indonesia, and even the world.
Riset ini bertujuan untuk memberikan gambaran tentang bagaimana responden menggunakan dan memanfaatkan Circles UBI dalam memenuhi kebutuhan sehari-hari mereka. Sebagai sebuah Pilot Project, riset ini dirancang untuk secara cepat mengetahui bagaimana kondisi responden sebelum dan sesudah mereka menggunakan Circles UBI? Apakah kehadiran Circles UBI memberikan dampak tertentu terhadap penggunanya atau tidak? Circles UBI merupakan platform untuk berbagi dan bertukar nilai (poin) antar pengguna yang di dalamnya mengandung unsur gotong royong, tolong-menolong dan solidaritas sosial. Circles UBI juga memperkenalkan cara baru dalam mengimplementasikan konsep Universal/Unconditional Basic Income (UBI). Kombinasi antara teknologi Blockchain dan UBI ini menjadi pilot eksperimen pertama di Indonesia yang dilakukan secara terukur dan sistematis. Meskipun demikian, masih banyak tantangan dan keterbatasan dari eksperimen ini, seperti periode eksperimen yang singkat (3 bulan) dan penggunaan aplikasi Circles versi beta yang masih perlu banyak pengembangan teknis. Terlepas dari limitasi di atas, hasil studi awal dari Pilot Project Circles UBI di Denpasar, Jembrana dan Tabanan ini bisa menjadi salah satu referensi dan pijakan dalam melakukan inovasi sosial lain yang lebih besar dan berdampak positif bagi kesejahteraan masyarakat Indonesia, dan bahkan di dunia.
Jamesta Istimewa is a Basic Income Pilot experiment that provides participants free cash payments without strings attached. “Jamesta” means Universal Basic Income Guarantee in Bahasa (Indonesian language), and “Istimewa” means “special,” which is nothing but another name for the Special Region of Yogyakarta. In this place, this experiment was conducted. Jamesta Istimewa also has the privilege of being the first Crowdfunding-Based Basic Income Pilot experiment in Yogyakarta and Indonesia, which was carried out in a structured and systematic manner. Yogyakarta’s Basic Income Pilot (YBIP) was conducted to answer some basic questions: Do people tend to be lazy when receiving free money? Is that true, or is it just a myth? Can Basic Income – to a certain extent – positively affect a person’s mental health? How do Basic Income recipients interpret and respond to Basic Income payments for themselves and their future? As well as various other interesting questions that have been coloring the debates related to the pros and cons of UBI, especially in the Indonesian context. This Basic Income Pilot ran from November 2021 to April 2022. Experimental participants were recruited through an online open form distributed to the public in Yogyakarta. This city was chosen because it has a unique and interesting socio demographic characteristic.