Tester guide for AYANA

Who this is for

This round is for invited testers: young experts and colleagues in Field Operations networks who can try the tool as a real user and speak for their community. You do not need a technical background. You do not need to finish a full product.

The role of young people

Young people are not a late add-on to this project. They are the people AYANA is built for, and they are the people who should shape how it is used.

• Use the platform as you would in real life — with an idea that matters to you or your community.
• Say clearly what is useful, what is confusing, and what is missing.
• Help decide whether AYANA is worth launching more widely, and how it could serve youth, education, gender equality, and digital skills work.
• AI here is a tool that supports your thinking. It does not replace your judgment, and it should not be treated as professional advice.

How to test

1. 1

   Open the platform

   Go to ayanalab.com. Choose the language you are most comfortable with (English, Russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tajik, or Turkmen).

2. 2

   Create a free account

   Use Sign in / Sign up in the top right. You can try the short preview on the home page first if you want a feel for the mentors before registering.

3. 3

   Pick one mentor and one real idea

   Choose a mentor (product, building, growth, or security). Describe a problem or idea from your community — education, livelihood, civic, creative, or personal. Ask the mentor to help you take the first steps.

4. 4

   Try the workspace, not only the chat

   If Studio or Co-Lab appears, open it. Notice whether you can follow the next step on a phone as well as on a computer. You do not need to complete a prototype.

5. 5

   Write your notes while it is fresh

   Answer the questions below. A few honest sentences per question are more useful than a long report.

What we need back

Please answer these four questions. Add anything else you noticed (bugs, language quality, login issues, mobile problems).

1. What did you like?
2. What would you improve?
3. Do you see this as useful for you and your community? Why, or why not?
4. How could this be maximised — for young people, Field Operations, or a future programme?

Please also tell us

• Your name and organisation or network (optional, but helpful for the follow-up meeting)
• Country / city, and whether you tested on phone or computer
• Which language you used on the platform
• Roughly how long you spent

How to send feedback

Email your notes to contact@daetis.ai with the subject line “AYANA tester feedback”. We read every message and use it to decide what to fix before any launch conversation.

The online meeting

Based on who signs up to test, OSCE will host an online meeting with the AYANA builder. That call is for two things: your experience of the platform, and a discussion of the topic — youth, digital skills, and responsible use of AI. Testing first makes that conversation concrete.

How we see your engagement

• This round is light: test, write a few notes, join one call if you can.
• You are testers and co-designers, not a formal research sample and not a judged competition.
• There is no prize and no requirement to keep building after the test.
• If a wider AYANA programme goes ahead, testers may be invited again — for example to a later Innovation Hackathon — but that is a separate decision.
• Your feedback can be quoted in an internal note without naming you, unless you say we may use your name.