This monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan is designed to guide UNDP and project donors through the project implementation process. The plan is to be used as an internal tool to measure the progress of the project toward its intended goals and objectives and to also inform the Project Executive Board through the Technical Committee.

To address the ongoing challenge of information pollution online, the EC-UNDP Joint Task Force on Electoral Assistance and Chief Digital Office of the United Nations Development Programme and the European Union developed the iVerify1 solution as an adaptable and scalable set of digital tools and practices available for member states. iVerify is an automated fact-checking tool with elements of manual input and verification that can be used to identify false information to minimize and prevent its spread. In 2021, iVerify was piloted in Zambia and Honduras. In 2022, Kenya, in the run up to recent elections, became the third country to utilize iVerify. Specifically, iVerify was employed in Kenya to identify (by both AI and human users via a tipline), report, verify, label, and disseminate various kinds of information about the electoral process, election candidates, and election statements.

UNDP commissioned the evaluation study of iVerify Kenya, implemented during the 2022 General Election, as part of a larger effort to develop effective approaches to measure impact of responses to mis/disinformation and other harmful content in electoral processes. The evaluation was conducted between September and November 2022 to assess implementation of iVerify, in accordance with the UNDP Evaluation Policy. The evaluation utilized UNDP criteria, modelled after the OECD DAC criteria, to determine the relevance, impact, effectiveness, efficiency, cohesion, and sustainability of the iVerify system to understand and improve its overall contributions in Kenya and beyond. The results of the evaluation informed the design of an overall Theory of Change and of a logical framework for the iVerify solution as part of the overall M&E plan.