Election Principles & Guidelines

PEMMO

Members of the Electoral Support Network were instrumental in the consultation process and the final adoption of the PEMMO, a tool arrived at through collaboration between civil society and election management bodies within the region. The launch of the PEMMO in November 2003 at a regional level has informed EISA's work with members of the network. By providing guidelines for election management and monitoring, the PEMMO allows CSOs to identity the areas or aspects of an election that should be evaluated in order to determine the credibility and legitimacy of an election process. The PEMMO also provides guiding principles for election management.

In Malawi EISA provided training on the PEMMO to the supervisors deployed by the Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) for the May 20 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections. 60 members of the network were trained.

In Botswana, EISA provided technical and financial support to the Botswana Electoral Support Network (BESNET) which is made up of members of the SADC ESN. EISA supported BESNET in developing a training and deployment strategy for monitoring the Botswana Parliamentary and Local Government Elections held on 30 October 2004. In addition EISA also provided materials for use in the training of observers. BESNET deployed 300 observers during the elections.

In Namibia EISA worked with the Namibian NGO Forum (NANGOF) to provide technical and financial support for the training and deployment of election observers for the Namibia National Assembly elections recently held on 15-16 November. Over 200 observers were trained and deployed for the elections.

After launching the PEMMO in Mozambique, wide distribution of the Portuguese version of the document commenced through ESN members. A select group of domestic observers were trained in PEMMO.