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The personnel from Australia and New Zealand will be bringing with them helicopters and other vehicles to help transport election officials and materials around the country and they will also be helping with communication solutions for the more remote areas.
The chief electoral officer, Mose Saitala has welcomed the support saying the international presence is beneficial for election security.
"To showcase the fact that we are ready to quell any unrest or disturbance that might arise. I think it gives a good signal to those elements of society that might be considering doing something out of the ordinary during polling day. Showcasing strength of the police to keep order is very important."
However, Transparency Solomon Islands says a lack of civic awareness means next month's election cannot truly be described as free and fair.
The country goes to the polls on the 3rd of April but Transparency's chief executive Ruth Liloqula says she has been receiving a lot questions from the public about the election and new electoral laws brought in last year.
Ms Liloqula says the majority of the country's people live in rural areas and many are illiterate so face-to-face communication is still the most effective form of awareness.
She says the electoral commission has not done enough of this.
"Things like how do they contribute to the public fund? Well through their logging, being logged out, through their copra production. These simple things are the things that will make people think again and say that oh yes I need to vote for the right person."
Thanks to local technological advances, this year's election is also the first with social media widely accessible in urban communities and this has given rise to its own brand of political memes, counter campaigning and in the worst instances, character assassination.
Political scientist and Melanesia elections expert Terence Wood says the majority of Solomon Islanders who live in rural areas are still somewhat insulated from these forums but social media has amplified the effects for those in urban areas.
Work to strengthen political party structures, largely non-existent in previous elections, has also seen a greater emphasis on party affiliated candidates this year.
But incumbent MPs and powerful independents with stong business links are very much the front runners in the first past the post race.
And women, who have been a notably absent from the majority of the country's past parliaments, make up less than 10 percent of the 336 candidates contesting this year.