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  • 16-year-old charged in relation to three separate robberies

    16-year-old charged in relation to three separate robberies

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. A 16-year-old has been charged in connection with the robbery and shooting at St Joseph’s Academy on Sunday of this week. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. He has been charged with Aggravated Robbery and Shooting with Intent to do Grievous…

  • 19-Year-Old Assaulted with Gun on Amy Byers Street in Yorks Village

    19-Year-Old Assaulted with Gun on Amy Byers Street in Yorks Village

    Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly assaulted a 19-year-old on Amy Byers Street in Yorks village with a gun at around 8 p.m. According to reports, the victim reported the incident to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), stating that a man from Villa had attacked him with a firearm. The teenager claimed that…

  • Woman wounded with a high-heeled shoe after fracas at Gentleman’s Club

    Woman wounded with a high-heeled shoe after fracas at Gentleman’s Club

    (REAL News) — In the early hours of May 6, a woman was reportedly injured during an altercation at the Gentleman’s Club in Harbour View, Jolly Harbour. The incident was brought to the attention of the Bolans Police Station by a 911 operator. Upon arrival, officers found a 23-year-old woman from All Saints sitting outside…

  • Businessman charged with rape granted $20K bail condition by magistrate

    Businessman charged with rape granted $20K bail condition by magistrate

    (REAL News) — On Tuesday, May 9th, the businessman, who was reportedly granted unlawful station bail last week, appeared in St. John’s Magistrates’ Court on a rape charge. It was not confirmed if he had been granted bail on the indictable offense. Instead, the magistrate imposed a $20,000 bail condition with a cash deposit of…

  • 2 men found carrying cleaver and knives: police

    2 men found carrying cleaver and knives: police

    (REAL News) — In keeping with the Police’s promise to step up patrols and stop-and-search exercises to reduce criminal activity, officers went on mobile patrol duty in the city and its outskirts on Sunday, May 7. A number of areas – including The Point, Villa, Fort James, St. Johnston Village, Sutherlands, Scotts Hill, Dove Cove,…

  • Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Tourism in Barbados for Caribbean Travel Marketplace

    Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Tourism in Barbados for Caribbean Travel Marketplace

    Antigua and Barbuda Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Transportation and Investment Charles Fernandez has joined Caribbean tourism leaders in Barbados for the Caribbean Hotels and Tourism Association’s (CHTA) Caribbean Travel Marketplace business meetings starting today at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Center, Barbados. A day earlier, the minister attended the CHTA’s Caribbean Travel Forum, a new…

  • Discovery of marijuana in a barrel leads to search of woman’s home and further discovery of cocaine; offender remanded

    Discovery of marijuana in a barrel leads to search of woman’s home and further discovery of cocaine; offender remanded

    (REAL News) — A 32-year-old woman has been remanded to His Majesty’s Prison after being charged with a second drug offence within the space of two weeks.  She may acquire bail in the High Court, however. Kimmesha Latesha Hutchinson of Old Parham Road appeared before Chief Magistrate Joanne Walsh in the St. John’s Magistrates’ Court…

  • Sister Ellen Meade is Antigua and Barbuda’s newest centenarian

    Sister Ellen Meade is Antigua and Barbuda’s newest centenarian

    Mary Elizabeth, Ellen, Helen, Meade was born in Corkhill, Montserrat on May 10th 1923. She migrated to Antigua in 1944 and dedicated much of her life as a young woman to the development of the Pentecostal church movement. Ellen Meade married Mr. Daniel, Robert Meade on December 12th 1945 at the Pilgrim Holiness Church on…

  • Soca Villan out of Hospital after Being Stabbed During Labour Day Festivities

    Soca Villan out of Hospital after Being Stabbed During Labour Day Festivities

    Soca Villan, whose real name is Allakai Samuel, has been discharged from the hospital following a stabbing incident during the Labour Day celebrations. According to sources, while performing with his band LSA on a truck, Samuel approached some young men who were throwing glass bottles in the air and asked them to stop. Unfortunately, he…

  • Police announce crackdown on youth violence

    Police announce crackdown on youth violence

    Anyone found with knives, machetes, cleavers, scissors or any other offensive weapons without being able to provide a reasonable explanation to the police, will be arrested and charged. This has been announced by the Police High Command among a slew of measures to crack down on pervasive youth violence. Police also say they will be…

  • Antiguan still on the run following escape in St Kitts and Nevis

    Antiguan still on the run following escape in St Kitts and Nevis

    (State Media) — Police in St Kitts and Nevis continue their search for the Antiguan and Barbudan citizen who escaped from the St Peter’s Community Centre in the Federation late last month. Commissioner of the Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force, James Sutton, says the fugitive is 53-year-old Nicholas Santana. He is the only…

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]