Antigua Breaking News

Day: September 19, 2021

  • LISTEN: Anderson Carty supports government’s mandatory vaccination policy

    LISTEN: Anderson Carty supports government’s mandatory vaccination policy

    Aspiring politician Anderson Carty says he’s supporting the government’s mandatory vaccination policy. Carty, who plans to run as an independent candidate, is a management consultant, specializing in business management, industrial relations and human resource management. He says the government’s decision is in line with a stance he took more than a year ago.

  • Police search for suspect after man stabbed in Parham

    Police search for suspect after man stabbed in Parham

    Police are continuing investigations into an alleged wounding incident at Parham that left a 47-year-old Liberta man nursing a punctured wound to his lungs. It is alleged that both the victim and a male resident of Parham were involved in an altercation that escalated into a fight. During the fracas, the Parham man allegedly armed…

  • Antiguan Kimberly Percival is IFBB Elite PRO Fitness World Champion

    Antiguan Kimberly Percival is IFBB Elite PRO Fitness World Champion

    Prime Minister Gaston Browne has congratulated Antiguan representatives of the IFBB Elite PRO Fitness World Champion. Antigua and Barbuda captured the 2021 IFBB Elite Pro Bikini Fitness World Champion/Arnold Classic Europe Bikini Fitness Champion, which was held in Seville, Spain. Kimberly Percival took the coveted title placing first in her class from a field of…

  • AT&LU backpedals, tells workers to report to work

    AT&LU backpedals, tells workers to report to work

    Further to our press releases dated 16 & 17th September 2021, Employees working for those institutions that are governed by the Essential Services Act No. 9 of 2008, are required to report for work as usual. These include Water services, Electricity services, Hospital services, Fire services, Prison services, Air traffic control services, Meteorological services, Services…

  • Regional trade unions reject LIAT offer

    Regional trade unions reject LIAT offer

    Regional trade unions representing former employees of the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, say they rejected the latest offer by Caribbean shareholder governments to meet their financial obligations to the laid off workers. The airline laid off an estimated 90 per cent of its staff last year as part of a restructuring exercise and resumed operations…

  • LETTER: In quarantine for over a month with no COVID test result

    LETTER: In quarantine for over a month with no COVID test result

    Good Day, I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. I’d like to share the experience of someone who’s in quarantine currently awaiting her results from the Ministry of Health. This person has been in quarantine for over a month and up to this day, no one from the Ministry of Health can communicate…

  • European Commission executive travels to Antigua for climate talks with PM Browne

    European Commission executive travels to Antigua for climate talks with PM Browne

    In the run up to COP26 Climate Change meeting in Glasgow, European Commission, Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans is travelling to Antigua and Barbuda, from Sept. 19 to 22 for talks with Prime Minister Gaston Browne, who currently chairs the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). The EU and AOSIS are long-standing partners in international climate…

  • Antigua records 2 more COVID-19 related deaths — woman, 48, and man, 69

    Antigua records 2 more COVID-19 related deaths — woman, 48, and man, 69

    Statement on behalf of Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC): Dr. Albert Duncan, SLBMC Medical Director said: “We can confirm that sadly, a female patient, age 48, and a male patient age 69, (who had underlying health conditions), have passed away at Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre on September 17 and September 18, respectively. “They…

  • Woman’s body found in Grays Farm

    Woman’s body found in Grays Farm

    A woman has been found dead in Grays Farm. The woman’s body was was found face down on the floor of her house. An officer on the scene said there were no initial signs of foul play in the death of the elderly woman. However, law enforcers continue to examine the scene. A woman, said…

  • LETTER: Neglect and underestimation of us as youths

    LETTER: Neglect and underestimation of us as youths

    Dear Prime Minister and Mr Lovell: Put your foot in our shoes! You, Prime Minister Gaston Browne and your companions along with Harold Lovell and his companions are stifling my generation, can’t y’all see. Gaston you and Lovell, especially Gaston moving like he’s in his 20’s like me, running behind every dollar on a hardcore…

  • CAB welcomes Dominica appointments

    CAB welcomes Dominica appointments

    The Caribbean Association of Banks (CAB) Inc. has extended congratulations to two veteran bankers who have been appointed to leadership positions with a CAB member organisation. The National Bank of Dominica (NBD) recently announced Annette Severin-Lestrade as its new Managing Director, and Linda Toussaint-Peter as Deputy Managing Director. This is a first for the bank,…

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]