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  • Tapping into the wellness travel market

    Tapping into the wellness travel market

    Examining the current offerings available to the wellness traveller and discussing ways to increase the destination’s presence within the vastly growing wellness travel and tourism market, will be high on the agenda for the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, when they meet with wellness service providers during a Wellness Audit and Forum, scheduled to take…

  • Cabinet considers proposal to assist disabled tourists

    Cabinet considers proposal to assist disabled tourists

    Visitors suffering from physical disabilities may soon have a special service that would allow them to equally enjoy all that Antigua and Barbuda has to offer. President of the Antigua and Barbuda Association of Persons with Disabilities, Bernard Warner, was invited to Cabinet on Wednesday to discuss his proposal for a special service dedicated to…

  • Father-daughter rowing team from Canada arrives in Antigua after crossing the Atlantic

    Father-daughter rowing team from Canada arrives in Antigua after crossing the Atlantic

    After spending three months rowing a small boat across the moody Atlantic Ocean, father-daughter duo John and Libby Beeden say they’re wobbly but relieved to have arrived on solid land. It wasn’t always a given, John Beeden said. The winds and currents were working against them for the last leg of their 91-day journey from…

  • Gayle, Thomas decimate England as Windies share series

    Gayle, Thomas decimate England as Windies share series

    GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Man-of-the-Series Chris Gayle plundered the fastest One-Day International fifty by a West Indian after Man-of-the-Match speedster Oshane Thomas’s had demolished England for a record low, as West Indies pulled off an emphatic seven-wicket victory in the final ODI here Saturday to level the five-match series 2-2. Choosing to bowl…

  • Mr. Killa runs with million dollar prize in Trinidad carnival

    Mr. Killa runs with million dollar prize in Trinidad carnival

    CMC – Grenadian artiste, Hollis ‘Mr. Killa’ Mapp, whose tune ‘Run Wid it’ has had even the police warning people about committing criminal offences, Friday night won the $1 million prize and Soca Monarch title as the 2019 Carnival celebrations near their climax. It was a good night for Grenadian artistes as they won the…

  • Symmonds: Barbados not LIAT’s ATM

    Symmonds: Barbados not LIAT’s ATM

    NationNews – Regional airline LIAT could go belly-up in the next ten days unless CARICOM can find it a $10 million lifeline. The faltering airline needs an immediate cash injection of about US$5 million to keep flying or it could cease to operate soon. Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds has also sent a warning shot…

  • Here’s why that Momo Challenge face creeps you out

    Here’s why that Momo Challenge face creeps you out

    Reportedly created by Japanese company Link Factory, Momo has become a celebrity in the last week for all the wrong reasons. The face at the center of the eponymous Momo Challenge hoax is something of an avian-human hybrid and, undoubtedly, creepy. That creepiness factor is, in part, responsible for the virality of the challenge, which, according to…

  • Man accused of beating his stepson arrested after video of assault goes viral

    Man accused of beating his stepson arrested after video of assault goes viral

    A man accused of severely beating his stepson was remanded to prison Friday. Karim Christian’s pleas for compassion could not convince Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel to grant him bail for the offence. Police charged Christian with battery after alleging he used a piece of wood to beat the 16-year-old boy. The February 11 incident was reportedly…

  • Respect rule of law internationally

    Respect rule of law internationally

    By Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United States and the Organisation of American States.  He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and at Massey College in the University of Toronto.  The views expressed are entirely his own) The United…

  • LIAT CEO says airline will continue flying

    LIAT CEO says airline will continue flying

    LIAT is assuring its customers that it will continue flying across the region. This statement comes from the Chief Executive Officer, Julie ReiferJones in response to recent media reports about the airline. She is reassuring passengers that the airline will continue to operate in a safe and efficient manner to provide connectivity and service to…

  • Missing Man: Juvere Christopher

    Missing Man: Juvere Christopher

    Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Juvere Christopher, 27, of Swetes Village. Juvere is 5ft 5ins in height, slim build, weighs about 130 pounds, brown in complexion and has braided hair. He was last seen in Swetes about 6:30 p.m. on Monday February 25 wearing a white T-shirt and a short Khaki pants.…

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]