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  • Electric pulses on clitoris can jumpstart women’s low sex drive: study

    Electric pulses on clitoris can jumpstart women’s low sex drive: study

    A new treatment that sounds shocking might actually help women who experience low sex drive. Electrical impulses on the dorsal genital nerve around the clitoris have been shown to stimulate sexual arousal in women — including patients with severe spinal-cord injuries. The research, conducted at the University of Michigan, included nine participants in three groups:…

  • Official carnival tents get ready to roll out for Antigua Carnival 2023

    Official carnival tents get ready to roll out for Antigua Carnival 2023

    The Calypso Fever is spreading rapidly as we gear up for Antigua’s Carnival Calypso Tent season. The Ministry of Education, Sports and Creative Industries in collaboration with the Calypso Sub-Committee is pleased to announce the opening of the Calypso Tent season commencing from June 2nd 2023. Creative Industries is officially partnering with two (2) Carnival…

  • Robert De Niro, 79, welcomes his 7th child

    Robert De Niro, 79, welcomes his 7th child

    Robert De Niro announced this week that he recently welcomed a baby. The Godfather actor was asked by a reporter from ET Canada what it was like to be a father of six children. That is when he said he did not have six, but rather seven children, then shared that he recently welcomed a…

  • Nashville Hotel Manager Charged With Sucking on Sleeping Guest’s Toes

    Nashville Hotel Manager Charged With Sucking on Sleeping Guest’s Toes

    Toe-tally gross. An evening manager of a Tennessee hotel was arrested after he snuck into a man’s room and sucked on his toes, according to police. David Neal, a 52-year-old manager at the 4th Avenue South Hilton Hotel in Nashville, allegedly crept into a male guest’s room while he was sleeping on March 30 and…

  • Giant penis mowed into lawn at King Charles’ coronation bash site

    Giant penis mowed into lawn at King Charles’ coronation bash site

    This may rub royalists the wrong way. Cocky pranksters mowed a giant penis onto the famous grounds of the Royal Crescent in Bath, England, where a major coronation party is set to be thrown in just two days. Residents awoke Thursday to morning wood, with the glaringly obvious penis trimmed into the lush grass overnight,…

  • Dildo, N.L., man captures phallic iceberg in Conception Bay

    Dildo, N.L., man captures phallic iceberg in Conception Bay

    (The Canadian Press) — A Dildo, N.L., man’s photo of a phallic iceberg in Newfoundland’s Conception Bay was getting laughs across the globe on Saturday. Ken Pretty says he could tell from the shore that the stately iceberg drifting off the coast of Harbour Grace, N.L., on Thursday had a distinctive anatomical quality. But it…

  • He Turned Negative into Positive. Now He’s Opening for Buju Banton, Beres, Luciano and Anthony B

    He Turned Negative into Positive. Now He’s Opening for Buju Banton, Beres, Luciano and Anthony B

    He is living proof that there is always a way out of poverty and crime. Black Loyalty, one of Trinidad and Tobago’s prophetic, reggae musicians, says he made a vow, a long time ago, that he would not be a statistic. The La Horquetta, Arima native will form part of the reggae cast billed for…

  • Luciano Says The Music Needs Redemption. Artiste Admits Youths Need Veterans’ Guidance

    Luciano Says The Music Needs Redemption. Artiste Admits Youths Need Veterans’ Guidance

    Masterful and purpose driven, one of the Caribbean’s most conscious artistes, Luciano, says he has “so much” to share with the people. The artiste is preparing for his follow up performance at the upcoming Redemption concert in Trinidad, on May 6th. He had been featured at the event in 2022. “Trinidad is one of my…

  • Average penis length has grown in 30 years — doctors call it ‘concerning’

    Average penis length has grown in 30 years — doctors call it ‘concerning’

    They’re growing – and it’s showing. The average penis length has increased over the past 30 years, a new study has revealed, but experts warn it might not be the ideal reality every man’s dreamed of. As it turns out, size does matter: Researchers fear the phallic inflation is due to unhealthy habits, like binging…

  • Jonathan Majors: Creed III actor arrested on assault charges

    Jonathan Majors: Creed III actor arrested on assault charges

    (BBC) — Creed III actor Jonathan Majors has been arrested on strangulation, assault and harassment charges. The New York Police Department said Majors, who stars alongside Michael B Jordan in the recently released film, was involved in a domestic dispute with a 30-year-old woman on Saturday. “The victim informed police she was assaulted,” a police…

  • Blac Chyna moves ‘demonic’ tattoo as she continues ‘healing journey’

    Blac Chyna moves ‘demonic’ tattoo as she continues ‘healing journey’

    After removing her face fillers and implants, Blac Chyna continued her epic make-under ‘healing journey’ by having the Baphomet tattoo she got in 2021 lasered off her left hip. On Sunday, the Washington, DC-born 34-year-old shared two videos documenting her road trip to Henderson, NV and subsequent visit to Clear Out Ink over the weekend.…

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]