Augustine Magolowondo is the Africa Regional Representative at the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) based at the Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) in Lilongwe, Malawi. In that capacity, he facilitates networking, knowledge development and knowledge sharing among NIMD political party programme countries in the sub region. His work covers a wide range of topics including but not limited to inter-party dialogue, constitutional reforms, political party strengthening and electoral reforms. Before joining NIMD, he worked as a National Expert for the German Technical Corporation (GIZ) in Malawi in the fields of democracy, decentralization, conflict management and dialogue promotion. He holds a PhD in Political Science, an MA in Development Management and a BA in Public Administration.