Antigua Breaking News

Day: May 30, 2022

  • Biden has no right to exclude anyone from Summit of Americas: St Vincent PM

    Biden has no right to exclude anyone from Summit of Americas: St Vincent PM

    St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves Monday said United States President Joe Biden has no right in deciding who or which countries are invited to the Summit of the Americas next month, hinting that St Vincent will probably not be attending the June 6-10 event. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP…

  • Sarwan quits selection panel after five months

    Sarwan quits selection panel after five months

    Ramnaresh Sarwan has quit abruptly as a men’s senior selector just five months into his two-and-a-half-year term, leaving Cricket West Indies scrambling to find a replacement. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. The former West Indies captain, who also sat on the youth selection panels, was appointed last January and was expected to serve…

  • UPP tells Government to come clean on Choksi-Abduction Report

    UPP tells Government to come clean on Choksi-Abduction Report

    The Leadership and Executive of the United Progressive Party register their alarm at the dead silence of the Gaston Browne Administration on the Police Report covering the abduction of Mehul Choksi that was submitted since June 2021, almost one year ago. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. The Report, which is now in wide…

  • Break-in and theft of computer and drives at AIDS Secretariat

    Break-in and theft of computer and drives at AIDS Secretariat

    Concerns are being expressed that private information could have fallen into the wrong hands after the AIDS Secretariat building was broken into last week. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. REAL News understands that Delcora Williams, the AIDS Programme Manager, reported the matter to the Police after discovering that the Long Street building had…

  • Cleofoster Waldron sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison

    Cleofoster Waldron sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison

    OBSERVER: Cleofoster Waldron will spend three years and six months at Her Majesty’s Prison after a jury found him guilty of unlawfully confining his girlfriend to his home in 2017. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. The sentence was handed down by Justice Ann Marie Smith in the High Court today. The offence carries…

  • Special Victims Unit investigates reported sexual assault of eight-year old by two males

    Special Victims Unit investigates reported sexual assault of eight-year old by two males

    REAL NEWS: The police are investigating yet another incident of sexual assault involving a minor. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. According to reliable sources, an eight-year-old girl was indecently assaulted by two men with whom she is acquainted. This offence is alleged to have occurred at least twice – last Christmas Day, December…

  • 44 new cases of COVID-19 in Antigua

    44 new cases of COVID-19 in Antigua

    The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed forty-four (44) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Thursday 26th May, 2022 at 6pm. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. Twenty-three (23) cases were recorded on May 25th and twenty-one (21) on May 26th.…

  • ABLP strategizing to advance Rawdon Turner

    ABLP strategizing to advance Rawdon Turner

    Despite a High Court ruling in favour of Saint Peter M. P. Asot Michael, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has again declared that Rawdon Turner will be the ABLP’s candidate for that constituency. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. To avoid any future entanglement with the Court, the party has returned to the drawing board…

  • Antigua and Barbuda Athletes successful in Martinique

    Antigua and Barbuda Athletes successful in Martinique

    The Antigua and Barbuda Athletics Association has congratulated local athletes who were successful in Martinique: CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. The Antigua and Barbuda Athletics Association would like to congratulate all the athletes and coaches who represented the country in Martinique over the weekend. Job well done, you represented and competed with pride…

  • LETTER: Pedophiles owes the public an apology before credence is given to them

    LETTER: Pedophiles owes the public an apology before credence is given to them

    DEAR EDITOR: I am forced to pen this letter because as we are now approaching our general elections, it is extremely mind boggling as to why one of our main political parties have on their front line, men who are  characterized as pedophiles. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. Interestingly, the voices of these…

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]