Alexandra Nicola

Professional Activities

  • Alexandra Nicola works as a Public Health & Finance Professional in relation to the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute’s mandate as Local Fund Agent on behalf of the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM). Her tasks include the assessment of project planning documents, monitoring plans, financial systems; budgeting and programmatic reporting.

Higher Education & Qualifications

  • 2004 – 2007: Advanced training courses in Financial Management of Development Organisations, Results-Orientated Project Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, Organisational Development, Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS etc.
  • 2002 – 2004: Master of Advanced Studies in Development and Cooperation (NADEL), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2000 - 2001: M.A. in International Studies (Economics, Political Science, Int. Public Law), University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

Work Experience

  • 11/2008 – present: Public Health and Finance Professional, Swiss Centre for International Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland. Key areas of work: financial management support and fund tracking, auditing the performance of programs funded by the GFATM.
  • 08 – 09/2008: Consultant, German Development Service (ded): Assessment of project planning documents with regard to results-orientation.
  • 11/2007 – 05/2008: Technical Assistant (ded), Programme Department, Population Services International (PSI). Project and financial management of a HIV/AIDS / reproductive health project targeting vulnerable young women.
  • 03/2005 – 10/2007: Technical Assistant (ded), Research, Monitoring & Evaluation Department, Population Services International (PSI). Key areas of work: implementation of behavioural and surveillance studies, quality of service studies, etc; process monitoring.
  • 04/2003 – 03/2004: Project Trainee, GTZ, Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS programme, Burkina Faso. Key areas of work: Assessment of organisational and institutional capacity of community-based organisations; study on the impact of HIV/AIDS in rural areas and mitigation strategies.