Since 2006, @UNDP and #EU have supported 200+ electoral processes.
Today, we take stock of our joint #SELECT initiative which helped advance peaceful elections, youth empowerment, gender equality & information integrity.
➡️https://t.co/zHAsV3PVLH
Ravi d'avoir lancé à Lubumbashi un partenariat entre @uniluofficiel et le @PNUDRDC pour lutter contre la désinformation en période électorale, consistant à déployer le système #iVerify basé sur des outils numériques open source pour la surveillance et la vérification des faits.
Misinformation, disinformation and hate speech threaten peace and security.
Ahead of 20 December elections in the Dem. Rep. of Congo, @EC_UNDP_JTF trained students at the University of Lubumbashi on iVerify, 1st #DigitalPublicGood that tackles misinformation during elections.
.@UNDP & @EU_FPI global conference in Brussels underlines "verified & trusted information" as🔑 to peaceful & fair elections. In alliance with @UN & other partners UNDP supports "information integrity" as a critical part of our electoral assistance work
👉https://t.co/ulVnZGv1do
With @UNDP we work to ensure peaceful & inclusive electoral processes online.
During this week's conference, 200 participants from Electoral Management Bodies & other players exchanged best practices & programming priorities to address #disinformation in election processes.
Good discussion organised by @UNDP on information manipulation and disinformation in electoral contexts. It is a global challenge that needs to be addressed globally.
In 2024, more voters are expected to cast their vote than in any year before.
Global conference by @UNDP and @EU_FPI starting today in Brussels to discuss role of information integrity and digital technology in ensuring peaceful and inclusive elections.
#SELECT
iVerify, fact-checking initiative to combat the spread of false narratives during elections is the 1st #DigitalPublicGood to tackle #misinformation.
By @UNDP, piloted with #EU support in Zambia, Honduras, Kenya & Sierra Leone
More: https://t.co/HJG0014Iht | #DigitalServicesAct
Misinformation, which includes disinformation & #HateSpeech, poses a significant threat to democracies worldwide.
@UNDP's iVerify platform combines human skill and technology to check the facts ahead of elections in Sierra Leone #NoToHate
Here is more: https://t.co/r31cKoJ0GQ
#GlobalGoals are at the 💙 of our partnership with #EU.
No challenge is too big nor too small when we work together.
Read our new https://t.co/OnSiM6WoGg to discover results of #UNDPEUpartnership.
#FutureSmartUNDP
Access to verified information is the cornerstone for credible and peaceful elections.
In #SierraLeone, @EC_UNDP_JTF w/ @SLAJ_Salone and @IRNSalone launched iVerify, a fact-checking initiative to combat spread of false narratives during elections.
https://t.co/JSM66s3p3Q
🗞️BREAKING: Our iVerify tool is now available in Liberia 🇱🇷!
Developed by @UNDP, iVerify is a fact-checking initiative using AI and machine learning to combat the spread of false narratives during election periods. See how it works: https://t.co/hayq9wP7iT
#DigitalUNDP
📺In partnership w/ #EU, our knowledge hub on sustaining peace during elections is LIVE!
🚀 Explore a world of programmatic guidance and tools on information integrity and youth participation.
📚Get inspired: https://t.co/xzWAXdqZ2e
Democratic governance is🔑for maintaining peaceful societies.
In #Liberia, @EU_Commission-@UNDP task force on electoral assistance launched an early warning & early response system to support the Peacebuilding Office's efforts on conflict prevention, mitigation and resolution.
"Ngarannam shows that an alternative, brighter future is possible for those displaced by violence like my family once was."~@Mo_UNDP in his Op-Ed on how @UNDP's work on stabilisation is restoring hope and dignity for people in @BornoGovt
Read more👇
https://t.co/El4r4TsWpi
#DYK: iVerify, a fact-checking initiative to combat the spread of false narratives during elections has become 1st #DigitalPublicGood to tackle #misinformation. Developed by @UNDP, it was piloted with #EU support in Zambia, Honduras & Kenya: https://t.co/3YaqrP8iSm #DemocracyDay