Antigua Breaking News

Day: January 24, 2019

  • CARICOM issues statement on situation in Venezuela

    CARICOM issues statement on situation in Venezuela

    The following Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) – Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,  St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago; Foreign Ministers of Grenada and Suriname; meeting by video-conference on Jan. 24, issued the following statement. “Heads of Government are following closely…

  • Antigua and Barbuda calls for continued political dialogue in Venezuela

    Antigua and Barbuda calls for continued political dialogue in Venezuela

    Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States (OAS), Sir Ronald Sanders, today rejected the notion that the time for dialogue has passed in Venezuela. Sir Ronald was speaking during a debate in the Permanent Council of the OAS on the situation in Venezuela. Yesterday there was a massive…

  • SOMC to fast-track the delivery of justice in Antigua and Barbuda

    SOMC to fast-track the delivery of justice in Antigua and Barbuda

    On Monday, 21 January 2019, the Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) Project, in collaboration with the High Court of Justice in Antigua and Barbuda, created history when it officially opened the Sexual Offences Model Court (SOMC).  The JURIST Project is a multiyear regional Caribbean judicial reform initiative, funded under an arrangement with the Government…

  • UHSA employee collapses and dies

    UHSA employee collapses and dies

    A University of Health Sciences Antigua (UHSA) employee is dead after what was to be a short walk in the vicinity of the school. Dead is 60-year-old housekeeper Florence Thompson who met her fate on January 7, 2019. Thompson and another housekeeper also employed at the medical school, left the compound to go in search…

  • Major Eugene Phillip is new prison boss

    Major Eugene Phillip is new prison boss

    Albert Wade has been replaced as Superintendent of Her Majesty’s Prison, a position he has held for the past four years. The Cabinet announced today that it approved the conclusion of the secondment of Wade, who will be returned to the Antigua and Barbuda Royal Police Force. He will take up his position at the…

  • Antigua and Barbuda and Malta discuss Citizenship by Investment programmes

    Antigua and Barbuda and Malta discuss Citizenship by Investment programmes

    Prior to the commencement of the World Economic Forum at Davos on Wednesday, Prime Minister Gaston Browne held a bilateral meeting with the Finance Minister of Malta, Edward Scicluna. A government-issued news release said the main items on the agenda for discussion were the various initiatives being taken by the European Union (EU) which could…

  • St Kitts resident is still pleading to get her roof fixed

    St Kitts resident is still pleading to get her roof fixed

    After nearly a year of demonstrating outside the Office of Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris, writing him an open letter, speaking with her PAM/Team Unity candidate Ambassador Jonel Powell and many posts on her FaceBook account, Central Basseterre resident Cherilyn Adolphine, is still begging the Team Unity Government she help voted into office to do…

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]