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  • 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.…

  • Police constable charged with murder

    Police constable charged with murder

    The police last night charged one of their own with murder, just days after they picked him up following an autopsy which showed that Nicoma McFarlane was strangled and did not commit suicide as the scene was staged to suggest. The accused has been identified as Kasroy Simon, a constable who was already on suspension…

  • Liat has 10 days’ cash to stay functioning

    Liat has 10 days’ cash to stay functioning

    In­ter-Caribbean air­line Li­at Ltd on­ly has enough cash to func­tion for the next 10 days and will face a shut down if Cari­com does not in­ter­vene. The fal­ter­ing air­line needs an im­me­di­ate cash in­jec­tion of some US$5 mil­lion to keep fly­ing, Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley said af­ter re­turn­ing from the 30th Cari­com meet­ing in…

  • Caribbean leaders cautious about regional ferry service

    Caribbean leaders cautious about regional ferry service

    CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders were adopting a more cautious approach towards establishing a regional ferry service that has been bandied about for more than a decade. The leaders ended their two-day inter-sessional summit where they discussed recommendations from a Special Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Transportation,…

  • Antigua and Barbuda gets high world ranking for Rule of Law

    Antigua and Barbuda gets high world ranking for Rule of Law

    The World Justice Project, headquartered in the US Capital, Washington, has ranked Antigua and Barbuda at number 3 in the Caribbean in relation to upholding the Rule of Law.  Only Barbados and St Kitts Nevis surpass Antigua and Barbuda. The World Justice Project released its annual report for 2019 this morning in Washington. In the entire…

  • PM Browne urges more support for LIAT

    PM Browne urges more support for LIAT

    Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne says shareholder governments need to do what is necessary in order to save the financially strapped regional airline, LIAT, amid speculation that there could be budget cuts at the Antigua-based company. Browne, who is in St Kitts attending the 30th inter-sessional meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), did not…

  • Gov’t considering tax increase to fund UWI campus

    Gov’t considering tax increase to fund UWI campus

    Government is contemplating a one percent increase to the Antigua and Barbuda Sales Tax (ABST) to help fund the planned fourth landed campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), expected to be based predominantly at Five Islands. In making the announcement on his radio station, Pointe FM, on the weekend, Prime Minister Gaston…

  • Police officer arrested in death of Jamaican national

    A police officer is being quested in connection with the murder of a 25-year-old Jamaican woman after an autopsy showed that she had been strangled. Police had initially believed that Nicoma MacFarlane, who had moved to Antigua in August last year, had committed suicide on February 7, after she had earlier posted several “worrying” messages…

  • Jamaican national is country’s 1st homicide for 2019

    Jamaican national is country’s 1st homicide for 2019

    Antigua has recorded its first homicide of 2019. On Thursday police said they responded to a report of an alleged suicide in Freeman’s Village. The victim, Nicoma McFarlane, 25, was transported to the Mount St John’s Medical Centre via the Emergency Medical Services. McFarlane, a Jamaican national residing in Freeman’s Village with her mother was…

  • Cruise passenger drowns at Dickenson Bay

    Cruise passenger drowns at Dickenson Bay

    A cruise passenger from the UK who went swimming in Dickenson Bay beach has died. It is believed that the man drowned. He was visiting Antigua and Barbuda for the second time in a year. Friends say the man had fallen in love with the island during his first visit in 2018. The man was swimming with…

  • Girl, 14, missing since Feb. 21

    Girl, 14, missing since Feb. 21

    Police are seeking the public’s help in locating 14-year-old Stephney Hughes of Greenbay. She has been missing since the morning of Thursday, Feb. 21. Police said she was last seen at a Princess Margaret School sports event on the day of her disappearance, wearing black jeans, a red and white top, and red and white…

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]