IMPLEMENTASI PROGRAM AFILIASI BERBASIS VIRTUAL TEAM DALAM UMKM SEBAGAI UPAYA PENINGKATAN PEREKONOMIAN PADA MASA PANDEMI COVID-19 (Implementation of Virtual Team-Based Affiliation Programs in MSMEs as Efforts for Increasing the Economy in the COVID-19 Pandemic Period)

Indonesian Abstract: Pandemi Covid-19 merupakan wabah yang terjadi secara tak terkendali pada lebih dari 200 negara di dunia. Pendemi tersebut tidak hanya menjadikan krisis kesehatan di dunia tapi banyak juga dampaknya pada berbagai sektor, diantaranya sektor ekonomi. Hampir 99 persen pelaku ekonomi di Indonesia adalah UMKM. Lesunya omzet UMKM Indonesia saat ini sangat berpengaruh pada merosotnya perekonomian Indonesia. Pemerintah telah berupaya dalam berbagai hal untuk membantu rakyat kecil para pelaku UMKM dalam kelangsungan hidup. Namun, kunci kebertahanan mereka nyatanya, yaitu pada kelancaran usaha. Penerapan program Afiliasi berbasis virtual team dalam mendukung perekonomian negara sekaligus penerapan physical distancing dapat dilakukan pada UMKM. Penerapan program Afiliasi akan berdampak cukup baik kepada perekonomian negara maupun kehidupan para pelaku UMKM serta pengurangan tingkat pengangguran di tengah pandemi Covid-19 dengan tetap menerapkan WFH (Work From Home). English Abstract: Covid-19 pandemic is an out-of-control outbreak in more than 200 countries in the world. The pandemic not only made the health crisis in the world but also had many impacts on various sectors, including the economic sector. Nearly 99 percent of economic actors in Indonesia are MSMEs. The sluggish turnover of Indonesia's MSMEs is currently very influential on the decline of the Indonesian economy. The government has tried in various ways to help the small people of the MSMEs in survival. However, the key to their survival is in fact, namely in the smooth running of the business. Implementation of a virtual team-based Affiliate program in supporting the country's economy while implementing physical distancing can be done at MSMEs. The implementation of the Affiliate program will have a significant impact on the country's economy and the lives of MSMEs as well as reducing the unemployment rate amid the Covid-19 pandemic by continuing to implement WFH (Work From Home).