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  • UPP Rejects Attempts to Deracinate Barbudans

    UPP Rejects Attempts to Deracinate Barbudans

    The Leadership, Central Executive and Women’s Forum of the United Progressive Party (UPP) stand in unwavering support of the position taken by the Barbuda People’s Movement (BPM), the Barbuda Council, and the people of Barbuda on the communal ownership of their lands and the primacy of the Council on matters related to the governance of…

  • PM Browne says he has no intentions of accepting repatriation of 14 Cameroonian migrants on St. Kitts

    PM Browne says he has no intentions of accepting repatriation of 14 Cameroonian migrants on St. Kitts

    (WINN) — “Why bring them back when they are likely to smuggle out of the country again,” said Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Hon. Gaston Browne in an article on Point Express. The Prime Minister was referencing the 14 migrants and two Antiguans rescued after a boat capsized off the coast of St. Kitts en…

  • Police appeals for peaceful Labour Day Weekend

    Police appeals for peaceful Labour Day Weekend

    The Police are appealing to the general public for a peaceful Labour Day weekend celebration. As part of the annual Labour Day activities, the police have granted several groups and organizations the right to hold marches and other events in solidarity with their members in accordance with the Public Order Act, Cap 357 of the…

  • Gonsalves Chides Churches Over Heaven & Hell Teaching

    Gonsalves Chides Churches Over Heaven & Hell Teaching

    (St. Lucia Times) — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has chided religious organisations over their teaching about hell and going to heaven. Gonsalves spoke at the recent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) crime symposium in Trinidad and Tobago. He highlighted the need for a multi-faceted approach to addressing crime, including the family,…

  • Massiah encourages workers to assert their rights on Labour Day and join the union’s ‘no trust in this government’ march

    Massiah encourages workers to assert their rights on Labour Day and join the union’s ‘no trust in this government’ march

    (REAL News) — David Massiah, the general secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU), is encouraging the workforce to join its annual Labour Day march, the theme of which is “Workers have absolutely no trust in this government.” Massiah says the high cost of living is just one reason why persons should join…

  • 2 people arrested at airport this week remanded to prison

    2 people arrested at airport this week remanded to prison

    (State Media) — The man and woman the police arrested at the Airport this week will spend the weekend at His Majesty’s Prison. Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh remanded 45-year-old Larry Parks and 42-year-old Yetta Purcell on a Malicious Damage charge Friday morning. The defendants who live in the United States, pleaded not guilty to damaging…

  • Antiguan detainee Nicholas Areche still on the run in St. Kitts

    Antiguan detainee Nicholas Areche still on the run in St. Kitts

    Police in St. Kitts today updated the public in the search for the escaped detainees. Nine of them escaped yesterday but four were recaptured in short order. Today the St. Kitts police said: UPDATE: 4 DETAINEES HAVE BEEN FOUND. NICOLAS ARECHE is still at large. The search continues, the police said in a Facebook post.…

  • Mother complains that man in his late 30s has had sex with her teenage daughter; police arrest and charge the accused

    Mother complains that man in his late 30s has had sex with her teenage daughter; police arrest and charge the accused

    (REAL News) — Amidst investigations into a sexual offence allegedly committed against a teenage girl, the Police have arrested and charged a man in his late 30s. Reports say the Rape Unit is looking into the act of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. The victim’s mother is alleged to have reported to the Criminal…

  • US announces sweeping new actions to manage migration

    US announces sweeping new actions to manage migration

    (CMC) – The United States government has announced sweeping new measures to further reduce unlawful migration from the Caribbean and other places. The US Department of State and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement that the measures would “significantly expand lawful pathways for protection, and facilitate the safe, orderly and humane processing…

  • Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority gets New Chairman

    Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority gets New Chairman

    Antigua and Barbuda Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Transportation and Investment, Charles ‘Max’ Fernandez, has announced the appointment of Vernon A. Jeffers Sr. as the new Chairman of the Board of the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority (ABTA), effective February 2023. Jeffers succeeds Dr. Lorraine Raeburn who served as the Chairman from January 2018 –…

  • Permanent Secretary in Ministry of Home Affairs in Guyana admits US visa revoked

    Permanent Secretary in Ministry of Home Affairs in Guyana admits US visa revoked

    (CMC) — Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs in Guyana Mae Touissant Jnr. Thomas has confirmed that her United States visa has been revoked. Breaking her silence on the controversy surrounding the confiscation of her government-issued phone by US officials at Miami International Airport on April 8, she said in a statement on…

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)

 

OECS MSME Guarantee Facility Project

Loan No.: IDA-62670, IDA-62660, IDA-62640, IBRD-88830, IDA-62650

Assignment Title: Senior Operating Officer (SOO)

Reference No. KN-ECPCGC-207852-CS-INDV

 

The Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have received financing in the amount of US$10 million equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of establishing a partial credit guarantee scheme, and they intend to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, and consulting services to be procured under this project. 

The consultant will serve as the “Senior Operating Officer (SOO)” for the ECPCGC and should possess extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to Micro, small and medium-sized businesses, knowledge of the internal control processes necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk mitigation procedures. The ideal candidate should possess an Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Accounting, Banking or related field, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in lending, inclusive of MSME lending. The initial employment period will be for two years on a contractual basis. Renewal of the contract will be subject to a performance evaluation at the end of the contractual period. The assignment is expected to begin on September 30th, 2021.  The consultant will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the ECPCGC.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be viewed by following the attached link below. 

 

https://bit.ly/3iVannm

 

The Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECPCGC) now invites eligible “Consultants” to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have:

  • An Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Finance, Banking or related field; and
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in MSME lending. Applicants should also have:
  • The ability to design and implement risk management procedures 
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to small and medium-sized businesses
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME banking operations
  • Knowledge of the internal controls necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk management procedures
  • Experience developing and presenting information in public, including responding to questions in real-time
  • Experience lending to MSMEs located in the ECCU
  • Knowledge of marketing and communicating with the MSME sector
  • Ability to draft procedures to be used in a lending operation
  • Familiarity with the mechanics of a loan guarantee program
  • Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite.

The attention of interested Individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, Paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers July 2016, [revised November 2017] (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Approved Selection Method for Individual Consultants set out in the clause 7.34 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. 

 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours:

Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation

Brid Rock, Basseterre,

St. Kitts.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form by e-mail by August 11th, 2021, to [email protected]. 

 

For further information, please contact:

Carmen Gomez-Trigg                                                            Bernard Thomas

Chief Executive Officer                                                          Chief Financial Officer

Tel: 868-620-8144                                                                  Tel: 869-765-2385

Email: [email protected]                                          [email protected]