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Day: February 13, 2024

  • Antigua’s 2nd homicide victim for 2024 ID’d as 22-year-old Jamal Ryner of Yorks

    Antigua’s 2nd homicide victim for 2024 ID’d as 22-year-old Jamal Ryner of Yorks

    Police have identified the man stabbed to death Tuesday night as 22-yearold Jamal Ryner of Yorks. CLICK HERE TO GET ON THE ABN WHATSAPP Reports reaching the police are that he was stabbed in the chest during an altercation with a man from Villa. The incident happened in the vicinity of Rowan Henry Street in…

  • Man stabbed to death in Fort Road area

    Man stabbed to death in Fort Road area

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  • 4 dead, 5 in critical condition after a drive-by shooting at Puerto Rico bar

    4 dead, 5 in critical condition after a drive-by shooting at Puerto Rico bar

    CLICK HERE TO GET ON THE ABN WHATSAPP Four people were killed and five others are in critical condition after a drive-by shooting at a streetside bar in Puerto Rico, police said Tuesday. According to a report from The Associated Press, authorities believe the shooting is connected to drug trafficking. It is reported that unknown…

  • Lawyer: His Majesty’s Prison should be declared unfit to house even animals

    Lawyer: His Majesty’s Prison should be declared unfit to house even animals

    Attorney-at-law Leon Chaku Symister says that His Majesty’s Prison should be condemned and a new penal facility built. Symister bases his comments on the dilapidated and deplorable conditions that have existed at the country’s penal facility for decades. CLICK HERE TO GET ON THE ABN WHATSAPP Instead of getting better, the conditions seem to be…

  • Thieves target businesswoman’s lower High Street establishment

    Thieves target businesswoman’s lower High Street establishment

    Thieves targeted a businesswoman’s establishment on lower High Street, making off with both EC and US currency from the cash register. CLICK HERE TO GET ON THE ABN WHATSAPP The owner of Rum Runners Bar and Restaurant in Hodges Bay reported the incident to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). The break-in occurred between 5 p.m.…

  • Lewis challenges Pringle for United Progressive Party Leadership

    Lewis challenges Pringle for United Progressive Party Leadership

    Richard Lewis, the current Member of Parliament for St John’s Rural West with the United Progressive Party (UPP), has entered the party’s leadership race against interim Political Leader, Jamale Pringle. CLICK HERE TO GET ON THE ABN WHATSAPP The UPP has lacked an elected leader since Harold Lovell’s resignation in 2023. Lewis previously vied for…

  • Antigua and Barbuda and China WTO Ambassadors Hold Bilateral Meeting

    Antigua and Barbuda and China WTO Ambassadors Hold Bilateral Meeting

    The WTO ambassador of the People’s Republic of China HE Mr Li Chenggang and the WTO ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda HE Mr Colin Murdoch held a bilateral meeting on Monday at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Geneva. At the outset Ambassador Li highlighted the excellent relations between Antigua and Barbuda…

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]