Antigua Breaking News

Day: September 29, 2022

  • 19-year-old youth shot in Gray’s Farm

    19-year-old youth shot in Gray’s Farm

    Police at Grays Farm are continuing investigations into an alleged shooting on Christian Street around 10 am Thursday. A 19-year-0ld is currently at the hospital nursing injuries. He was sitting at a particular area among two other people, when someone opened fire at them. The victim sustained what is believed to be a bullet grazed…

  • Join the international fight for climate justice

    Join the international fight for climate justice

    By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States.   He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto) On September 23, at the 77th Session of…

  • Queen Elizabeth died of ‘old age,’ death certificate says

    Queen Elizabeth died of ‘old age,’ death certificate says

    Queen Elizabeth II died of “old age” at 3:10 pm (1410 GMT) on September 8, according to her death certificate newly released on Thursday by the National Records of Scotland. The 96-year-old monarch died at her Balmoral estate in Scotland around three-and-a-half hours before the news was announced to the world. The queen was laid…

  • LETTER: Give ABLP another term in office and they will muzzle ALL news media

    LETTER: Give ABLP another term in office and they will muzzle ALL news media

    Dear Editor, You must understand that, according to the ABLP, news is only important if it paints a positive view of their administration. News like the debacle at Clareview is not considered worthy of reporting because it exposes the incompetence of the ABLP administration. Give them another term in office, and they will muzzle ALL…

  • Antigua and Barbuda represented at GCF Global Programming Conference

    Antigua and Barbuda represented at GCF Global Programming Conference

    Director of the Antigua and Barbuda Department of Environment,  Ambassador Diann Black-Layne and the Deputy Project Coordinator of the Enhanced Direct Access (EDA) Project, Christa-Joy Burton, along with a range of global leaders, experts and companies attended the fifth annual Green Climate Fund (GCF) Global Programming Conference (GPC) from Sept. 13 -15. The event, hosted…

  • LETTER: Can Cabinet discuss these matters?

    LETTER: Can Cabinet discuss these matters?

    Dear ABN, As a young Antiguan living here in this country I would like to say I am tired. I know there are many more citizens who share the same sentiments but they are afraid of sharing their views. As you know, people usually get abused for speaking out in this country (August 8 2021).…

  • Fatal mistake: Tragic killing of Wolmer’s boy, thought by dad to be intruder, stuns Hellshire residents

    Fatal mistake: Tragic killing of Wolmer’s boy, thought by dad to be intruder, stuns Hellshire residents

    Jamaica Observer: Three loud explosions followed by the screams of a frantic mother rocked East Cave Drive in Hellshire, Portmore, St Catherine, in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, alerting residents to a tragic incident in which 15-year-old Raheem Shaw was shot by his father who mistook him for an intruder. Police reported that around…

  • Cabinet asks Refica Attwood to return signs were taken from Wallings Nature Reserve

    Cabinet asks Refica Attwood to return signs were taken from Wallings Nature Reserve

    CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet received a report from the Minister of Agriculture regarding the Wallings Reservoir Park and the decision by its caretaker to surrender control of the National Parks site. The Minister reported that the signs that were contributed by corporate sponsors were taken and ought to be returned. The site was never leased,…

  • Is Cabinet against press freedom in Antigua and Barbuda?

    Is Cabinet against press freedom in Antigua and Barbuda?

    CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet gave priority to completing a number of improvements at the Clarevue Mental Hospital in order to make patients and staff far more comfortable. A certain newspaper in Antigua has chosen to report on its front page the shortcomings at Clarevue, completely disregarding other news that are of national importance. Follow Antigua…

  • Stress: The silent killer

    Stress: The silent killer

    A message from the Heart and Stroke Foundation on World Heart Day Ask anyone what the last two years have been like amid the global pandemic, economic slowdowns and the soaring cost of living and they will probably say “stressful”. Stress doesn’t just affect our emotional wellbeing; it can have a disastrous effect on our…

  • 6 schools broken into this week

    6 schools broken into this week

    CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet invited two officials to address its members in order to improve on services which are provided by those government departments: The Director of Education addressed the issue of the break-ins and vandalism that have occurred in several schools, including Primary Schools. In one instance, thieves took a microwave oven, a refrigerator…

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]