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  • Cambodian man torn apart by 40 crocodiles after falling into enclosure

    Cambodian man torn apart by 40 crocodiles after falling into enclosure

    About 40 crocodiles killed a Cambodian man on Friday after he fell into their enclosure on his family’s reptile farm, police said. Luan Nam, 72, was trying to move a crocodile out of a cage where it had laid eggs when it grabbed the stick he was using as a goad and pulled him in.…

  • Testosterone falling in young men. Watching porn may be to blame

    Testosterone falling in young men. Watching porn may be to blame

    (NY Post) — Testosterone is plummeting among young men — and their X-rated digital sexcapades could be the kinky culprit. The hormone helps maintain and develop sex organs, muscle mass, red blood cells, bone density and more, but it may be in short supply in some men. According to the Cleveland Clinic, low testosterone affects…

  • Five plead guilty in fake nursing diploma scheme in Florida

    Five plead guilty in fake nursing diploma scheme in Florida

    (AP) — Five people have pleaded guilty in South Florida to participating in a wire fraud scheme that created an illegal shortcut for aspiring nurses to get licensed and find employment. Krystal Lopez and Damian Lopez, both of Palm Beach County, Florida; Francois Legagneur, of Nassau County, New York; Reynoso Seide, of Union County, New…

  • BREAKING: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle in ‘near catastrophic’ car chase, spokesperson says

    BREAKING: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle in ‘near catastrophic’ car chase, spokesperson says

    (Thompson Reuters) — Britain’s Prince Harry, his wife, Meghan, and her mother were involved in a “near catastrophic car chase” involving paparazzi photographers, a spokesperson for the prince said on Wednesday. It occurred after the couple had attended an awards ceremony held in New York on Tuesday by the Ms. Foundation for Women, where Meghan…

  • WHO says No to Artificial Sweeteners for Childhood Obesity

    WHO says No to Artificial Sweeteners for Childhood Obesity

    A new guideline issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on May 15 th recommends against the use of non-sugar sweeteners as a means of controlling obesity and risks to noncommunicable diseases. The WHO explains that this recommendation is based on “the findings of a systematic review of the available evidence which suggests that use…

  • U.S. authorities seize more than 70 shipments of unregulated Botox and other injectable fillers

    U.S. authorities seize more than 70 shipments of unregulated Botox and other injectable fillers

    (CNN) — US Customs and Border Protection officers in Cincinnati seized dozens of shipments of unapproved injectable cosmetic treatments — including Juvéderm and Botox — over a two-week period, authorities said. The unregulated fillers from Bulgaria, Spain, China and Korea were being sent to Oregon, South Carolina, Florida, New York and other US locations, according…

  • New blood donation rules allow more gay men to give in US

    New blood donation rules allow more gay men to give in US

    (AP) — Gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships can give blood in the US without abstaining from sex under updated federal health guidelines that focus on donors’ behaviour, not their sexual orientation. The Food and Drug Administration guidelines finalised Thursday ease decades-old restrictions designed to protect the blood supply from HIV. The agency announced…

  • Jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll, rejects rape claim

    Jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll, rejects rape claim

    (Thompson Reuters) — Donald Trump sexually abused magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defamed her by branding her a liar, jurors decided on Tuesday, dealing the former U.S. president a legal setback as he campaigns to retake office in 2024. The nine-member jury in Manhattan federal court awarded about $5 million…

  • Canada expelling diplomat accused of targeting MP’s family

    Canada expelling diplomat accused of targeting MP’s family

    (CBC News) — The federal government is expelling a diplomat accused of targeting Conservative MP Michael Chong’s family. The government has been under intense pressure to sanction Zhao Wei, who reportedly played a role in attempts to gather information on Chong’s family in Hong Kong in 2021 following the MP’s condemnation of Beijing’s conduct in the Xinjiang region as…

  • 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…

  • Wealthy Nigerian senator, wife jailed for plotting to traffic man to UK to harvest his kidney for their sick daughter

    Wealthy Nigerian senator, wife jailed for plotting to traffic man to UK to harvest his kidney for their sick daughter

    (Daily Mail) — A wealthy Nigerian politician, his academic wife and a ‘middleman’ doctor have been jailed for trafficking a penniless market trader to the UK to harvest his kidney in an NHS hospital. In the first case of its kind in the UK, Nigerian politician Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice and medical middleman Obinna…

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]