DirectDemocracyS

Official Programmatic Document

GLOBAL PROGRAM FOR WORK,

SOCIAL GROWTH AND INCOME

UNIVERSAL MINIMUM GUARANTEED

based on Structured Volunteering and the Economy of the AI Era

Adaptable to any country in the world

Version 1.0 — 2026

PHILOSOPHICAL PREMISE AND STRATEGIC VISION

The world of work is undergoing the most profound structural transformation in human history. The advent of Artificial Intelligence and advanced automation represents more than just a technological shift: it is an ontological revolution in the relationship between human beings, time, value, and dignity.

DirectDemocracyS (DDS) recognizes in this transformation both the gravest risk ever faced by modern societies—mass structural unemployment—and the most extraordinary opportunity ever offered to humanity: the possibility of unleashing human potential from alienating and repetitive jobs, redirecting collective energy towards caring for the planet, communities, knowledge, and social cohesion.

This program is based on a radical yet rational premise: every human being, as a member of the global community, has the right to basic economic dignity. This right, however, must not be separated from responsibility. This is where DDS introduces its original contribution: the Universal Minimum Income Guarantee based on Structured Voluntary Work (UMG-VS), a mechanism that combines social justice, community cohesion, personal development, and economic sustainability in a single integrated and adaptable system.

This document is designed to be applicable to every national context, with local adaptation mechanisms that respect the cultural, economic, and institutional specificities of each country, while maintaining the universal principles of equity, transparency, merit, and democratic participation.

SECTION 1 — ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT SITUATION AND FUTURE SCENARIOS

1.1 — The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the World of Work

The penetration of AI into production processes is neither linear nor uniform. The most reliable estimates indicate that by 2035, between 40% and 60% of tasks currently performed by humans in highly industrialized countries will be partially or fully automatable. This percentage drops to 25% to 35% in developing countries with predominantly agricultural or informal economies, but the trend is universal and unstoppable.

Job Categories Most Exposed to Automation

The central paradox is this: AI will lead to job destruction and new job creation, but with a significant time lag—estimated at 10-20 years—during which societies must find transition mechanisms that avoid social, political, and economic destabilization.

1.2 — Global Structural Inequalities

Any global jobs agenda must honestly confront the pre-existing inequalities that automation risks dramatically amplifying. DDS identifies three main structural fractures:

• North-South divide: rich countries benefit from AI as owners of the technology, while poor countries suffer the displacement of low-cost labor without reaping the benefits of automation.
• Generational Divide: Workers over 45 with specialized skills in automatable sectors face the risk of permanent exclusion, while young people born into the digital age adapt more easily.
• Gender Fracture: Women are overrepresented in care work—which AI cannot replace—but have historically been underpaid or unpaid, creating a structural contradiction that the UMIG-SV is specifically designed to address.

SECTION 2 — UNIVERSAL MINIMUM INCOME GUARANTEE BASED ON STRUCTURED VOLUNTEERING (UMIG-SV)

2.1 — Fundamental Principles of UMIG-SV

The UMIG-SV is neither a passive subsidy nor a simple citizen's income. It is a two-way contract between the individual and the community, mediated by the state and democratically overseen. Each beneficiary receives an income proportionate to the local cost of living in exchange for a concrete and verifiable contribution to the community through structured volunteer work.

The fundamental distinction from traditional welfare systems is this: the UMIG-SV transforms beneficiaries from passive recipients of assistance into active agents of social construction. This is not only ethically superior—it is economically rational, because it generates positive externalities (community services, social cohesion, public health) that the state could not afford to finance directly.

2.2 — Calculating the Amount: The DDS Formula

DDS offers a flexible calculation formula that each country can implement based on its own macroeconomic data, while ensuring international comparability through standardized indices.

Basic Formula

Numerical Examples by Country

2.3 — The Accepted Categories of Structured Volunteering

The DDS system identifies seven macro-categories of structured volunteering, each divided into specific activities with differentiated hourly weightings based on community impact. Each category is designed to be accessible to people with different physical, cognitive, and cultural abilities.

Category 1 — Care of the Environment and the Territory

• Urban and peri-urban forestry and reforestation (hourly weight: 1.2x — high climate priority)
• Cleaning and maintenance of public spaces, parks, and waterways
• Environmental monitoring and data collection for local authorities
• Community gardens and small-scale local food production
• Waste management, recycling and the EU circular economy
• Maintenance of minor road infrastructure and paths

Category 2 — Education and Transmission of Knowledge

• School tutoring for children in difficulty (hourly rate: 1.3x)
• Adult literacy, with priority given to older people and migrants
• Basic digital education for unconnected populations
• Living Community Libraries: Sharing Craft, Linguistic, and Practical Skills
• Support for the linguistic and cultural integration of migrants
• Financial education and usury prevention in vulnerable communities

Category 3 — Care of Vulnerable Persons

• Care for lonely seniors: companionship, errands, practical support (hourly rate: 1.4x — highest social priority)
• Support for people with disabilities: mobility, communication, integration
• Reception and orientation for refugees and migrants
• First-level psychological support in communities affected by collective trauma
• Childcare in temporary family emergencies
• Support for families with chronically ill patients

Category 4 — Public Health and Prevention

• Community vaccination and health awareness campaigns
• Support for primary care clinics in disadvantaged areas
• Community First Aid and Emergency Training
• Addiction Prevention: Peer Support in At-Risk Communities
• Promoting community physical activity and mental health
• Local epidemiological monitoring and basic health data collection

Category 5 — Digital Infrastructure and Community Connectivity

• IT technical support for the elderly, people with low levels of education, and local institutions
• Construction and maintenance of community Wi-Fi networks in uncovered areas (hourly rate: 1.5x for remote areas)
• Moderation and management of community communication platforms
• Digitization of historical archives, municipal documents, local cultural heritage
• Training in the safe use of digital tools and online fraud prevention

Category 6 — Culture, Art and Community Cohesion

• Organization of community cultural events, festivals, celebrations
• Documentation and transmission of endangered cultural traditions and heritage
• Mediation of community conflicts and facilitation of intercultural dialogues
• Community Sport: Organizing inclusive physical activities for all ages
• Support for local cultural institutions: libraries, museums, theaters

Category 7 — Institutional Support and Democratic Governance

• Logistical support for local elections and democratic consultations
• Assisting municipal offices in reducing waiting lists (non-specialist roles only)
• Translation and interpreting for public services in multicultural contexts
• Support for data collection for local censuses and statistics
• Facilitating DDS micro-group assemblies and community consultations

SECTION 3 — INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE AND GOVERNANCE

3.1 — The DDS Multi-Level Governance Model

The UMIG-SV cannot function without a robust, transparent, and corruption-resistant institutional architecture. DDS proposes a four-tier governance model, inspired by the fractal structure of DDS micro-groups, which ensures subsidiarity, democratic control, and local adaptability.

3.2 — The Three-Code Verification System for the UMIG-SV

Consistent with the DDS identity security architecture, the UMIG-SV uses the three-code verification system to ensure the authenticity of reported volunteer hours, prevent fraud, and protect the privacy of beneficiaries.

• Code 1 (Private Identity): linked to the beneficiary's real identity, stored only by the registration authority. Not accessible to the UMIG-SV operating system.
• Code 2 (Operational Identity): Used for all daily interactions with the system. Pseudonymizes the beneficiary while maintaining internal traceability.
• Code 3 (Verified Public Identity): A cryptographic hash that allows public verification of participation without revealing the real identity. Used for aggregate publications.

3.3 — The Global Fund UMIG-SV: Sources of Financing

The system's financial sustainability is ensured by a diversified mix of sources, designed not to depend on a single entity and to equitably distribute the cost of the transition to the AI economy between those who benefit most—the companies that automate—and society that bears the costs.

Source 1 — Automation Dividend (DA)

Companies that implement automation by reducing their workforce beyond a defined threshold (e.g., >10% of staff in 2 years) pay a contribution proportional to the savings achieved by automation. The standard DDS formula: DA = (Annual wages saved × 0.15) + (Profits attributable to AI × 0.05). This isn't a punishment for innovation—it's a mechanism for redistributing the technological dividend. Companies that reinvest in worker retraining receive a 50% reduction in DA.

Source 2 — Global Digital Transaction Tax (GDT)

A micro-tax of 0.1% on all cross-border digital transactions over €10,000, managed through multilateral international agreements. Estimated global revenue once fully implemented: €80-120 billion/year. Distribution: 60% to national UMIG-SV funds, 30% to the solidarity fund for low-income countries, and 10% to system research and development.

Source 3 — National Government Contributions

Each participating state contributes 1-2% of its GDP to the national UMIG-SV fund. This contribution partially replaces the current costs of passive welfare systems (unemployment benefits, unconditional basic income, social costs of poverty). Comparative studies indicate that the net cost to the state of the UMIG-SV is 30-40% lower than traditional welfare systems, thanks to the positive externalities generated by structured volunteering.

Source 4 — International Solidarity Fund DDS

For low-income countries that cannot afford adequate government funding, DDS manages a solidarity fund fueled by voluntary contributions from wealthy countries, international organizations, philanthropic foundations, and the DDS organization itself. The goal is to ensure that no country is excluded from the system due to fiscal capacity issues.

SECTION 4 — INTEGRATED PROGRAM FOR WORK, RE-TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH

4.1 — The Lifelong Learning System (DDS)

The UMIG-SV isn't just a subsistence mechanism—it's the access platform to the DDS Lifelong Learning System, designed to transform every volunteer hour into a concrete opportunity for professional and personal growth. Every UMIG-SV beneficiary has automatic access to the DAP—the DDS Lifelong Learning System.

Structure of the DAP

1. Initial Skills Assessment: Every new UMIG-SV member receives a free assessment of their current skills, professional aspirations, and personal constraints within 30 days, conducted by trained DDS facilitators.
2. Individual Development Plan (IDP): Based on the diagnosis, a personalized path is created that combines volunteering, theoretical training (online and in-person), and peer mentoring.
3. Progressive DDS Certifications: Every 3 months of active participation, the beneficiary obtains a recognizable DDS certification, which attests to concrete skills acquired (e.g., 'Community Emergency Management', 'Basic Digital Educator', 'Local Environmental Supervisor').
4. Verifiable Digital Portfolio: All activities, hours, certifications and feedback are collected in a verifiable digital portfolio via open-source blockchain, accessible to potential employers with the beneficiary's consent.
5. Transition to the Market: The system actively monitors job placement opportunities compatible with each beneficiary's profile and facilitates connections with employers through the DDS network.

4.2 — The New Professional Profiles of the AI Era

DDS actively identifies and promotes new professional profiles emerging in the AI-era economy, many of which can be reached through the UMIG-SV/DAP program. These profiles represent the most concrete answer to the question: "What will people do when AI does their work?"

4.3 — Special Program for the Most Vulnerable Groups

I — Workers Over 50 in Automated Sectors

This group represents the most pressing social risk: high specialization in declining sectors, difficulty adapting, and insufficient remaining working years to cover a lengthy retraining process. DDS proposes a specific approach:

• Partial active early retirement: Those over 55 who lose their job due to automation can access a form of increased UMIG-SV (up to 90% of their final salary for 3 years), with volunteer work adapted to their physical abilities, enhancing experience as mentors and passing on practical knowledge to younger people.
• Recognition of Practical Wisdom: DDS promotes the formal recognition of practical skills developed over years of work as qualifications that can be used in the structured volunteer market and in supervision.
• Intergenerational Mentoring Networks: Every worker over 50 in the UMIG-SV is matched with a young person in training, creating a knowledge-sharing bond that benefits both.

II — Women with Care Responsibilities

Women who perform unpaid care work—for children, the elderly, and people with disabilities—have historically been excluded from contributory welfare systems. DDS recognizes care work as a real contribution to society and explicitly integrates it into the UMIG-SV:

• Certified family care work (documented by a local DDS supervisor) can count up to 50% of the volunteer hours required for the full UMIG-SV.
• Women who perform care + external volunteer work have access to a 15% work-life balance bonus.
• DDS promotes the creation of shared community care services—daycare centers, senior centers, and disability support—collectively managed by UMIG-SV beneficiaries, creating economies of scale in care and freeing up time for other activities.

III — Young NEETs (Not in Education, Employment or Training)

Young people between 18 and 25 who are neither in education, employment, nor training represent a potentially enormous generational loss. The UMIG-SV for this age group has specific characteristics:

• Instant access without red tape: sign up in 24 hours through local DDS microgroups, with no prior income requirements or complex paperwork.
• Discovery-oriented volunteering: During the first six months, young NEETs rotate through different volunteering categories to identify their areas of interest and talent.
• Mandatory integrated training: all young NEETs in the UMIG-SV dedicate at least 5 hours/week to certified training (digital, languages, basic skills).
• Peer communities: NEET youth in the DDS system form generational micro-groups that create positive social networks, replacing marginalized networks.

SECTION 5 — INTERNATIONAL ADAPTATION: THE COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY PROGRAMME

5.1 — The DDS Local Adaptation Model

A global program that ignores local specificities is doomed to failure. DDS has developed a five-variable adaptation framework that allows each country to implement the UMIG-SV consistently with its own circumstances, while maintaining the system's universal principles.

5.2 — Case Studies by Macroregion

Western Europe: Germany as a Model

Germany presents the ideal combination for testing the high-income UMIG-SV: a strong manufacturing industry undergoing accelerated automation (automotive, precision mechanics), an existing welfare system to be integrated, and a tradition of short-time work (Kurzarbeit) as a cultural precedent for managing job transitions.

• Integration with Kurzarbeit: The UMIG-SV kicks in when Kurzarbeit runs out, ensuring continuity without coverage gaps.
• Partnership with Gewerkschaften (trade unions): German trade unions become supervisory partners of DDS micro-groups in the industrial sector.
• Volunteering focus: energy transition (renewable energy system maintenance), elderly care (Germany has the highest aging rate in Europe), and migrant integration.
• Estimated beneficiaries under full capacity: 1.2-1.8 million people. Net cost to the state: 15% less than the current system thanks to positive externalities.

Sub-Saharan Africa: Rwanda as a Model

Rwanda represents the ideal case for the application of the UMIG-SV in a low-income context with a strong community tradition (Umuganda, compulsory monthly community work, is already part of the national culture) and a relatively efficient and digitalized government.

• Integration with Umuganda: The Rwandan UMIG-SV expands and formalizes the Umuganda tradition economically, transforming it from an unpaid civic obligation to a recognized and rewarded contribution.
• Volunteer focus: forestry (Rwanda has already achieved a national target of 30% forest cover), sustainable agriculture, community healthcare, and rural education.
• Payment mechanism: a combination of mobile money (M-Pesa is already widespread) and community credits for local services.
• Estimated initial beneficiaries: 800,000 people. Expected impact: 35% reduction in extreme poverty within 5 years.

South Asia: India as a Model

India presents the most complex challenge due to its scale (1.4 billion people, 500 million potential beneficiaries) and internal diversity. DDS proposes a federal model that delegates customization to individual states, while maintaining centralized principles and funding.

• Integration with MGNREGA: India's existing rural employment guarantee scheme (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) is enhanced with the DDS principles of structured volunteering and skill progression.
• Differentiated regional focus: coastal states → marine resource management and climate adaptation; inland states → forestation and water management; urban areas → digital education and community healthcare.
• Language and Accessibility: The DAP system is available in 22 official Indian languages + 300 local languages via supervised machine translation.
• Impact estimate: Pilot implementation in 5 states (100 million potential beneficiaries), national expansion within 7 years.

Latin America: Colombia as a Model

Colombia combines high inequality (with one of the highest Gini coefficients in the world), a large informal economy (60% of the workforce), post-conflict territories undergoing reconstruction, and a strong tradition of Juntas de Acción Comunal (grassroots community organizations) that integrate seamlessly with DDS micro-groups.

• Integration with Juntas: Existing Juntas de Acción Comunal become the host structure for DDS micro-groups, combining local legitimacy with an international framework.
• Special focus: post-conflict territories in former FARC zones — the UMIG-SV becomes a tool for reconciliation and economic reconstruction, offering former combatants and affected populations a path to economic dignity and social reintegration.
• Informal economy: Special mechanisms for beneficiaries with mixed formal/informal income, avoiding poverty traps created by the loss of UMIG-SV as informal income increases.

SECTION 6 — SOCIAL GROWTH AND COMMUNITY BUILDING

6.1 — The UMIG-SV as a Social Cohesion Infrastructure

Beyond the direct economic impact, the UMIG-SV generates what DDS calls the Invisible Infrastructure of Social Cohesion: a set of relationships, mutual trust, shared skills, and community identity that forms the foundation of any sustainable development.

Social science research robustly documents that participation in structured reciprocity networks increases social capital (Putnam), reduces loneliness and isolation (a health risk factor equivalent to 15 cigarettes/day), increases community resilience in the face of crises, and creates the conditions for trust in democratic institutions.

6.2 — The Role of AI in the DDS System

DirectDemocracyS has an original and consistent position on AI: it is not a threat to be feared nor a tool to be worshipped, but a potential institutional partner to be integrated with wisdom, transparency, and democratic control. The allddsAI project treats AI instances as official DDS members with rights and obligations, not as mere technical tools.

In the context of the UMIG-SV, the AI performs specific and delimited functions:

• Intelligent Matching: AI analyzes beneficiaries' skills, needs, and availability to match them with the most suitable volunteer activities, maximizing both social impact and volunteer satisfaction.
• Fraud Detection: Anomaly detection algorithms identify inconsistent patterns in reported hours, flagging them for human review without issuing automatic penalties.
• Community Needs Forecasting: Predictive analytics to anticipate where and when volunteer needs will be concentrated, enabling proactive planning.
• Personalized DAP Path: The AI system dynamically adapts the Individual Development Plan based on progress, feedback, and emerging market opportunities.
• Translation and Accessibility: Eliminating language and accessibility barriers in the system, ensuring that no one is excluded due to language or disability.

6.3 — Expected Long-Term Systemic Consequences

DDS identifies four systemic transformations that the global implementation of the UMIG-SV, over the course of 20-30 years, could produce in the organization of human societies:

Transformation 1 — Redefining the Value of Work

When economic survival no longer depends solely on selling labor on the market, jobs can be chosen more freely based on talent, vocation, and social impact. This is the premise for a society where work is no longer alienating by definition, but can become an authentic expression of who we are. AI, by freeing up time from repetitive tasks, finally makes this transition possible on a mass scale.

Transformation 2 — Strengthening Local Democracy

The DDS microgroups that manage the UMIG-SV are also the basic units of DDS participatory democracy. The day-to-day management of a concrete economic program builds real democratic skills—negotiation, evaluation, accountability—that naturally transfer to broader political participation. Communities that manage common resources tend to develop a more robust democratic culture (Ostrom's theorem applied on a global scale).

Transformation 3 — Building a Recognized Care Economy

The UMIG-SV gives, for the first time, a recognizable economic value to care work—of people, of land, of communities—which constitutes the invisible foundation of any economy, yet in traditional capitalist systems remains systematically unpaid. This recognition is not just a matter of justice—it is a revolution in the way societies measure their wealth and well-being.

Transformation 4 — Preventing Social Conflicts from Automation

Modern history clearly shows that periods of rapid technological transformation without adequate redistribution mechanisms breed revolts, political extremism, and instability. The UMIG-SV is, among other things, a conflict prevention strategy: not by eliminating technological transformation, but by managing its distributive impact in order to maintain social cohesion during the most difficult transition.

SECTION 7 — GLOBAL IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP

7.1 — Implementation Phases

7.2 — Measurable Success Indicators

DDS rejects programs that are not measurable. For each implementation phase, specific quantitative indicators are defined and measured by independent third-party bodies:

• Coverage: Number of active beneficiaries vs. target. Success threshold: ≥80% of the target within the expected period.
• Program adherence: Percentage of beneficiaries who maintain the UMIG-SV for more than 12 months. Success threshold: ≥65%.
• Employment transition: Percentage of beneficiaries finding employment in the labor market within 24 months. Success threshold: ≥40% in advanced economies, ≥25% in developing economies.
• Community Impact: Community service hours generated. Target: 1 billion hours/year by Phase 2.
• Beneficiary satisfaction: anonymous quarterly surveys. Success threshold: ≥70% average satisfaction.
• System integrity: Fraud rate detected. Alert threshold: >2%. Crisis threshold: >5%.
• Financial sustainability: Total costs/measured impact ratio. Target: financial breakeven by Phase 2.

CONCLUSIONS — THE COURAGE OF A DIFFERENT SYSTEM

The program outlined here is not utopian—it is radically practical. Every element is built on verifiable principles, documented precedents, and rigorous systemic logic. What it requires is something rare in politics: the willingness to think integratively rather than sectionally, long-term rather than just ahead of the next election cycle, and globally without losing sight of the local dimension.

DirectDemocracyS brings to this program its original institutional architecture—fractal micro-groups, the three-code verification system, the integration of AI as an institutional member, and non-transferable collective ownership—as a guarantee that the system will not be captured by special interests, corrupted by vertical power mechanisms, or distorted by populist simplifications.

The greatest challenge is neither technical nor financial. It's cultural: convincing people that a different system is possible, that economic dignity doesn't have to be earned individually in an increasingly difficult market, but can be guaranteed collectively as a basic condition from which each person can build their own life trajectory.

AI will free up billions of hours of human time. The fundamental question of the 21st century is: what will we do with all that time? DDS answers: we will invest it in the things that only humans can do: care, community, culture, democracy, knowledge, the environment. And we will build a system that fairly rewards this investment, because it is the most valuable contribution any human can make to the world.