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  • 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 –…

  • LETTER: Whose Culture?

    LETTER: Whose Culture?

    DEAR EDITOR: This country makes me sick. The Gaston Browne administration just gives away Ambassadorships like if it is Johnnie Cakes. It has gone past the stage of ludicrous. What has Lisa Makhoul done to become an Ambassador at Large for Culture? All she has done is put on shows for the government and the…

  • VIDEO: General Post Office flooded. Workers asked to stay home today

    VIDEO: General Post Office flooded. Workers asked to stay home today

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  • Lady Marie Louise Shoul is 100 today

    Lady Marie Louise Shoul is 100 today

    Lady Marie Louise Shoul is celebrating her 100th birthday today Friday 28th April, 2023. Happy Birthday to Antigua’s Newest Centenarian. Make a donation to help support ABN, via PayPal: [email protected]. Follow Antigua Breaking News on Twitter @ABNAntigua and Instgram @AntiguaBreakingNews and on Facebook. Send us a message on WhatsApp at 1-868-704-9864 or email us at…

  • MAKEDA MIKAEL: Thanks to M/Y Genevieve Captain & Crew

    MAKEDA MIKAEL: Thanks to M/Y Genevieve Captain & Crew

    Plans to honour and officially thank the fine Captain Thomas Auckland and his crew at Antigua Sailing Week has been stymied by the Operators of Antigua Sailing Week, who have suggested the issue is too ’political.’ The Concerned Citizens plans were to invite a representative of the stranded Cameroonians, and a member of our large…

  • Prime Minister Gaston Browne secures defamation victory against Vere Bird III

    Prime Minister Gaston Browne secures defamation victory against Vere Bird III

    Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne, today secured a victory in the High Court when Justice Nicola Byer dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by Chairman of the True Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party, Vere Bird III. On December 12, 2019, Vere Bird III, son of former Agriculture Minister Vere Bird Jr., filed in the High…

  • Brothers accused of murder detained by police for possession of currency and other items in vehicle

    Brothers accused of murder detained by police for possession of currency and other items in vehicle

    (REAL News) — Two brothers who were accused and charged with murder reportedly were detained by the Police earlier this week, after they were found with a sum of currency, among other items, in a vehicle on All Saints Road. As a result of information received, officers reportedly went on duty in All Saints 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]