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  • Lewis Hamilton fears he has long COVID

    Lewis Hamilton fears he has long COVID

    Though he retook the points lead from Formula One championship rival Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton disclosed after finishing second Sunday that he still might be battling another nemesis: COVID-19. The seven-time F1 champion was treated by his team’s doctor for suffering from fatigue and mild dizziness after the Hungarian Grand Prix. Hamilton struggled to catch…

  • Pakistan 157-8 vs West Indies in the second T20I

    Pakistan 157-8 vs West Indies in the second T20I

    Pakistan, sent in to bat, reached 157 for eight from their allocation of 20 overs against West Indies in the second Twenty20 International on Saturday at the Guyana National Stadium. Summarised scores: PAKISTAN 157 for eight off 20 overs (Babar Azam 51, Mohammad Rizwan 46, Sharjeel Khan 20, Fakhar Zaman 15; Jason Holder 4-26, Dwayne…

  • Jamaicans dominate Women’s 100m final to secure country’s first three medals at Tokyo Olympics

    Jamaicans dominate Women’s 100m final to secure country’s first three medals at Tokyo Olympics

    Elaine Thompson-Herah ran an Olympic and National Record 10.61 seconds (-0.6m/s) as she successfully defended her Olympic Games 100m title in a Jamaican sweep of the medals at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday. Two-time winner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was second in 10.74 seconds and Shericka Jackson took the bronze with a new personal record 10.76 seconds…

  • Joella Lloyd out of the Olympics

    Joella Lloyd out of the Olympics

    Joella Lloyd will not advance to the next round of the women’s 100 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Lloyd finished outside of the top three in her second preliminary heat in the 100 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan. Running in lane two, the Antiguan clocked 11.54 seconds to finish seventh from…

  • Lloyd wins heat in Tokyo

    Lloyd wins heat in Tokyo

    Joella Lloyd is through to the next round of the preliminary stages of the women’s 100 meters at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Lloyd, who has a personal best of 11.19 in the 100 meters, posted a time of 11.55 seconds to dominate her heat with her closest competitor Asimenye Simwaka of Malawi finishing second in…

  • Olympics opening ceremony director sacked for Holocaust joke

    Olympics opening ceremony director sacked for Holocaust joke

    BBC: The show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held. Footage of Kentaro Kobayashi from the 1990s recently emerged in which he appears to be making jokes about the Holocaust. Japan’s Olympic chief Seiko Hashimoto said the video ridiculed “painful facts of history”.…

  • WHO leader says virus risk inevitable at Tokyo Olympics

    WHO leader says virus risk inevitable at Tokyo Olympics

    The Tokyo Olympics should not be judged by the tally of COVID-19 cases that arise because eliminating risk is impossible, the head of the World Health Organization told sports officials Wednesday as events began in Japan. How infections are handled is what matters most, WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a speech to…

  • Hayden Walsh Jr replaces Roston Chase for CG Insurance ODIs

    Hayden Walsh Jr replaces Roston Chase for CG Insurance ODIs

    Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel today announced a change to the squad for the CG Insurance One-Day International Series against Australia. Leg-spinner Hayden Walsh Jr replaced allrounder Roston Chase, who has not recovered in time from the left thigh injury picked up in the Betway Test Series against South Africa Test and will therefore…

  • WIPA Congratulates West Indies Women’s Team on Series Wins Over Pakistan

    WIPA Congratulates West Indies Women’s Team on Series Wins Over Pakistan

    The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) congratulates the West Indies Women’s Senior Team on T20I and ODI series wins over Pakistan. The West Indies women won the CG Insurance T20 International and One Day International series by 3-0 and 3-2 respectively. The women played entertaining, dominant cricket throughout the T20I series, and good, consistent cricket…

  • Tokyo Olympics: First competitors have COVID at athletes village

    Tokyo Olympics: First competitors have COVID at athletes village

    Two South Africa footballers have become the first competitors to test positive for coronavirus in the athletes’ village in Tokyo – five days before the start of the Olympic Games. South Africa’s Football Association confirmed Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi as the cases. Video analyst Mario Masha tested positive on Saturday and the team is…

  • Optimistic future for West Indies Women A despite series loss to Pakistan Women A

    Optimistic future for West Indies Women A despite series loss to Pakistan Women A

    West Indies Women ‘A’ Team lost the third and final 50-overs match against Pakistan Women ‘A’ team by 7 wickets at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua. Despite the loss, West Indies Women’s Head Coach Courtney Walsh is optimistic about the future of this team and has no doubt there will be a progression of…

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]