| Overview : The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is a body created under Section 75 of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi to supervise and direct the conduct of all elections in Malawi i.e. Parliamentary, Presidential, Local Government Elections, By-elections and Referenda. The Electoral Commission Act Section 8 (j) further mandates the Commission to “promote public awareness of electoral matters through the media and other appropriate and effective means and to conduct civic and voter education on such matters.” The Commission’s role is to fulfil this mandate, comply with international standards of managing elections and delivery of civic and voter education (CVE). To carry out a successful delivery of civic and voter education, the Commission engages some of its stakeholders and delegate the responsibility while at the same time it retains the control, supervision and oversight of the work. Most of these stakeholders are those that the Commission deems apolitical, impartial and professional in their handling of information dissemination as elections are emotive and sensitive. Although the Commission’s focus on the provision of voter information/education is aligned to the various electoral processes, it also ensures that it coordinates and provides adequate information to civic and voter education practitioners so that they in turn impart the same information in a timely and adequate manner to the grassroots including the youth and women. Prior to the polling day and especially during the campaign period the Commission conducts intensive civic and voter education to mobilize as many registered voters as possible to turn out in large numbers to vote on the polling day. For the 21st May 2019 Tripartite elections, the Commission wishes to engage among other stakeholders, roadshow promoters to conduct a countrywide campaign. This activity will be implemented under the Malawi Electoral Cycle support (MECs) project, which is a basket fund pooling resources from various development partners and is managed by UNDP. | 
