Antigua Breaking News

Day: June 20, 2021

  • Antigua and Barbuda selected for Plastic Free Waste Islands Project

    Antigua and Barbuda selected for Plastic Free Waste Islands Project

    Antigua and Barbuda has been selected by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (IUCN-ORMACC), with support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and Searious Business through the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Environment for a Plastic Free Waste Islands Project. The Ministry has…

  • VIDEO: Ervington Telemaque wins first $5,000 in Government’s cash for jabs initiative

    VIDEO: Ervington Telemaque wins first $5,000 in Government’s cash for jabs initiative

    Ervington Telemaque is the winner of the first $5,000 in the Government’s cash for jabs initiative. The draw took place on state television Sunday evening. The government recently announced weekly lotteries in an effort to encourage residents to take up AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses before they expire on June 30. Health Minister Molwyn Joseph announced…

  • Woman, 50, found dead in Cashew Hill home

    Woman, 50, found dead in Cashew Hill home

    Police are on a crime scene in Cashew Hill where a 50-year-old woman was found dead in her home, hours after her 21-year-old son reported he was injured. It is not clear how the woman was killed, but investigators say her son is not a suspect. Law enforcers are now trying to piece together the…

  • West Indies reduces South Africa to 63-6 in 2nd test

    West Indies reduces South Africa to 63-6 in 2nd test

    West Indies romped through South Africa’s top and middle order on a rain-affected third day of the second test on Sunday to leave the tourists 63-6 in their second innings at tea. South Africa still leads by 212 runs but the West Indies gave themselves a fighting chance in the final test as they look…

  • Fully vaccinated woman died with COVID-19 in Canada

    Fully vaccinated woman died with COVID-19 in Canada

    CBC NEWS: A fully vaccinated 90-year-old woman who lived at a Kitchener, Ont., long-term care home has died after contracting COVID-19, officials reported Sunday. The woman lived at the Village of Winston Park, where there is currently an outbreak of the virus. There are nine cases at the home — four among staff and five among residents.…

  • Usain Bolt gets twins

    Usain Bolt gets twins

    Track and field great Usain Bolt has welcomed twin boys with his partner Kasi Bennett. The names have been revealed as Saint Leo Bolt and Thunder Bolt. Bolt posted photos of his new additions alongside his daughter Olympia. Olympia was born on May 17 at the Nuttall Hospital in St Andrew. Bennett, in wishing Bolt…

  • 10 children among 12 dead in Alabama due to Tropical Depression Claudette

    10 children among 12 dead in Alabama due to Tropical Depression Claudette

    Tropical Depression Claudette has claimed 12 lives in Alabama as the storm swept across the southeastern U.S., causing flash flooding and spurring tornadoes that destroyed dozens of homes. Ten people, including nine children, were killed in a 15-vehicle crash Saturday, according to Butler County Coroner Wayne Garlock, who said the vehicles likely hydroplaned on wet…

  • Cuba starts clinical trial for children’s COVID vaccine

    Cuba starts clinical trial for children’s COVID vaccine

    The head of the Centre for State Control of Medicines , Equipment and Medical Devices (CECMED), says a clinical trial on a COVID-19 vaccination for children is currently underway and is progressing satisfactorily. According Dr Meiby de la Caridad Rodríguez González, the first anti-COVID-19 research in children and adolescents complied with a rigorous approval process…

  • Security forces members return from tour of duty in St. Vincent

    Security forces members return from tour of duty in St. Vincent

    Members of the defence and police forces who had been providing assistance in volcano-ravaged St. Vincent and the Grenadines have returned home. A total of 15 soldiers returned on Saturday morning, while members of the Royal Antigua and Barbuda Police Force returned Saturday afternoon. They had been members of the Regional Security System deployed to…

  • India celebrates International Day of Yoga-2021 in Antigua & Barbuda

    India celebrates International Day of Yoga-2021 in Antigua & Barbuda

    The Government of India has been celebrating the International Day of Yoga across the world on 21 st June every year since 2015. In December 2014, India’s proposal under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was adopted as a United Nations General Assembly resolution sponsored by 177 member nations out o f the total…

  • Why COVID-19 may now feel like a ‘bad cold’ — with headache, runny nose among most-reported symptoms

    Why COVID-19 may now feel like a ‘bad cold’ — with headache, runny nose among most-reported symptoms

    The most-reported symptoms of COVID-19 are now a headache, sore throat, and runny nose, according to the research team behind a U.K. symptom tracking app, and medical experts say various factors could be causing the illness to feel more like a common cold. The findings come from the ZOE COVID Symptom Study app, which allowed U.K.…

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]