Antigua Breaking News

Day: June 5, 2022

  • Antigua launches romance month 2022 with ‘Love Lane’

    Antigua launches romance month 2022 with ‘Love Lane’

    Love was in the air as the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority (ABTA) and the Antigua and Barbuda Airport Authority (ABAA) launched ‘June – The Month Romance’ and officially opened the couples’ ‘Love Lane’ experience at the V.C. Bird International Airport (VCBIA) on June 1.  CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. Antigua and Barbuda Minister of…

  • Celebrating our Caribbean-American History and Future

    Celebrating our Caribbean-American History and Future

    By Ambassador Linda Taglialatela On a rainy Monday just over a month ago, Congresswomen Barbara Lee from Oakland, California and Robin Kelly of Chicago, Illinois visited Vauxhall Primary School.  The school was the first educational institution Shirley Chisholm attended nearly 100 years ago. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. Chisholm was the first black…

  • 37 new cases of COVID-19 in Antigua

    37 new cases of COVID-19 in Antigua

    The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed forty-seven (47) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Wednesday 1st June, 2022 at 6pm. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. Forty-seven (47) samples were processed. Twenty-three (23) recovered cases were recorded. Consequently, the total…

  • GG spotted seated with royals watching Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations

    GG spotted seated with royals watching Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations

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  • Andre Simon remains unconscious at MSJMC with stable vitals

    Andre Simon remains unconscious at MSJMC with stable vitals

    Update on Andre (5 June 2022) – From Dwayne Simon: The month of May 2022 was perhaps the most challenging year for our family but we thank God for bringing us through. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. Andre remains unconscious at MSJMC with stable vitals. Plans to move Andre for treatment overseas have…

  • 8 hospitalized as Antigua logs 46 new cases of COVID-19

    8 hospitalized as Antigua logs 46 new cases of COVID-19

    The most recent report received by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment revealed forty-six (46) new laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases in Antigua and Barbuda as of Thursday 2nd June, 2022 at 6pm. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. Sixty-one (61) samples were processed. Twenty-one (21) recovered cases were recorded. Consequently, the total…

  • Tropical Storm Alex, 1st of season, forms in Gulf of Mexico

    Tropical Storm Alex, 1st of season, forms in Gulf of Mexico

    Tropical Storm Alex, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, formed Sunday morning in the Gulf of Mexico on a track to come ashore in southern Florida with heavy rains and gusty wind. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. National Hurricane Center forecasters said in a 5 a.m. advisory that Alex had…

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]