A tool designed for rural areas has to work well on the drawing board, and then in the village. RULESSWASTE has completed the first part and is now opening the second.
A prototype that works end to end
In August 2026, NARIA’s food-surplus management team put the first platform prototype (D3.1) through 12 functional validation scenarios, and it passed them all.
The tests cover the complete loop: publishing a surplus, receiving the proximity alert, claiming it, coordinating the handover by messaging, confirming it between both parties and recording the kilograms. They also check dignity donations, filtering by zone and category, the KPI view by zone and the export of the exchange log.
Designed for rural reality
The design starts from what the diagnosis (D2.1) showed: dispersed populations, seasonality and different levels of familiarity with digital tools.
That is why the platform was built with few steps to reach each action, clear wording and mobile access, with nothing to install. And it is meant to work alongside workshops, campaigns and local collection points, not instead of them.
The prototype is configured for the three zones and five reference municipalities: Gozón, Carreño, Tineo, Salas and Valdés.
We are opening on-site validation
Functional validation confirms that the tool does what it should. On-site validation answers a different question: whether it fits the daily life of those who will use it.
That is why we are opening this window now. We want to try it out with municipalities, social organisations, shops, hospitality businesses and producers in the three zones, and gather their views to refine the platform before its full rollout.
Those who take part will not only test it: they will help shape it. What is learned will go into the version that the territories will use.
How to take part
If you represent a municipality, a social organisation or a food business in Gozón, Carreño, Tineo, Salas or Valdés and would like to join, write to us.
Because solutions that work in rural communities are built with them.
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