Antigua Breaking News

Day: July 23, 2022

  • CRFM advises fishers to be prepared and stay vigilant amid forecast for active 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season

    CRFM advises fishers to be prepared and stay vigilant amid forecast for active 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season

    The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is advising fishers and fishing communities across its seventeen (17) Member States to PREPARE and GET READY as we approach the peak of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Early preparation and understanding risks are key to reducing loss, damage and injury…

  • Guyana to earn US$7.5B yearly from oil in Stabroek Block by 2030

    Guyana to earn US$7.5B yearly from oil in Stabroek Block by 2030

    By the year 2030, Guyana is expected to earn approximately US$7.5 billion annually through several oil projects in the offshore Stabroek Block. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. This is according to Energy Researcher, Schreiner Parker, speaking at a recent virtual presentation hosted by the Guyana Business Journal and Magazine, who…

  • Antigua and Barbuda issues Monkeypox Advisory

    Antigua and Barbuda issues Monkeypox Advisory

    The Ministry of Health Wellness and the Environment (MOHWE) wishes to advise the general public that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. As such, in keeping with WHO’s recommendations, the…

  • Doctor: Biden likely has highly contagious COVID-19 strain

    Doctor: Biden likely has highly contagious COVID-19 strain

    President Joe Biden likely contracted a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly through the United States, and now has body aches and a sore throat since his positive test, according to an update from his doctor on Saturday. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The variant, known as BA.5,…

  • BREAKING: UN health agency declares monkeypox a global emergency

    BREAKING: UN health agency declares monkeypox a global emergency

    The World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES.…

  • Antigua PM continues efforts to revamp LIAT; confident new SKN gov’t will buy into the new plan

    Antigua PM continues efforts to revamp LIAT; confident new SKN gov’t will buy into the new plan

    WINN FM: Every territory to which LIAT flies will be asked to purchase shares so that the burdens and the benefits can be equitably shared. That’s the latest proposal coming from St. John’s Antigua, following talks with the airline administrator and two other officials so notes a Dominica News Online article. CLICK HERE TO JOIN…

  • British man and his Dutch wife shot dead in their Antigua home

    British man and his Dutch wife shot dead in their Antigua home

    DAILY MAIL: A British man and his wife were shot dead at their home in the Caribbean, police have said. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The bodies of Tyrone Baptiste, 65, and Pia Baptiste, 60, were discovered with gunshot wounds in Antigua on July 20. Police have launched a double…

  • Navigating Climate Finance as a small island state: Lessons from Antigua and Barbuda

    Navigating Climate Finance as a small island state: Lessons from Antigua and Barbuda

    Blog by Sasha Jattansingh, Commonwealth National Climate Finance Adviser to Antigua and Barbuda and Nadia Spencer-Henry, Debt Manager, Government of Antigua and Barbuda Small island developing states (SIDS) are a special case for sustainable development and climate action due to the acute challenges they face. SIDS tend to share unique structural constraints which are often…

  • Minister of Health’s claim of many COVID deaths among local children is a lie and a scaremongering tactic, Lovell says

    Minister of Health’s claim of many COVID deaths among local children is a lie and a scaremongering tactic, Lovell says

    Harold Lovell is asserting that Sir Molwyn Joseph’s claim of having seen “many children” die from COVID-19 here in Antigua and Barbuda is a lie. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES.  Lovell, the Political Leader of the United Progressive Party, has several questions for Joseph, the Minister of Health, including when…

  • Thrilling game ends in three-run win for India

    Thrilling game ends in three-run win for India

    West Indies turned the page on a string of ordinary performances by producing a mouth-watering run chase, only to fall agonisingly short in the opening One-Day International against India on Friday. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES.  Unable to crack 200 in the series against Bangladesh which ended last week, the…

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]