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  • Harpers’ Antigua Sailing Week Art Competition 2019 launched

    Harpers’ Antigua Sailing Week Art Competition 2019 launched

    Budding artists and environmentalists in Antigua and Barbuda will have an opportunity to design a poster to eliminate single-use plastic from all areas of our lives for the Harper’s Antigua Sailing Week (HASW) School Art Competition. Students are encouraged to produce posters that will either highlight the peril caused by marine debris to our marine…

  • Give Uruguay Meeting a chance to bring settlement to Venezuela crisis

    Give Uruguay Meeting a chance to bring settlement to Venezuela crisis

    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 Heads…

  • MP Asot Michael says he may quit political arena

    MP Asot Michael says he may quit political arena

    Former tourism minister Asot Michael says he will not contest the next general election in Antigua and Barbuda if the constituency he represents continues to be marginalized and discriminated against. According to the St. Peter’s MP, the people of his constituency are not getting their fair share of the state’s community development resources, regardless of…

  • Protesters call for resignation of Education Minister Michael Browne

    Protesters call for resignation of Education Minister Michael Browne

    Dozens of residents protested outside the Ministry of Education on Friday to force Minister Michael Browne to resign over the E-books scandal. This week Michael Browne accepted responsibility for the “irregularities” which have left the government with an annual bill of US$5 million. Today’s protest was led by opposition forces who are of the view…

  • Wanted Men: Glenroy Pierre and Gerald Darroux

    Wanted Men: Glenroy Pierre and Gerald Darroux

    The ONDCP is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the whereabouts of Glenroy Pierre and Gerald Darroux. Both men are wanted by the ONDCP to assist in an investigation in connection with the seizure on Jan. 24 of more than 450lbs of compressed cannabis. During Mondays to Fridays between the hours of 8 a.m. –…

  • Lorraine Headley-Raeburn to chair the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority

    Lorraine Headley-Raeburn to chair the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority

    Tourism and Investment Minister Charles ‘Max’ Fernandez, has announced the appointment of Lorraine Headley-Raeburn as Chairperson of the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority (ABTA) Board of Directors, while Dean Fenton has been appointed as the new US Director of Tourism. Headley-Raeburn will also serve as a consultant to the Tourism Authority. As Non-Executive Chairperson of the…

  • Ricardo Drue to headline massive promotion in TT

    Ricardo Drue to headline massive promotion in TT

    A collaboration that was instituted in 2018 which produced positive results such as increased visitor arrivals and improved attendance at Carnival shows, is now going into a second year. The announcement was made this week at the Ministry of Tourism headquarters, that Soca Monarch King Ricardo Drue will be re-enforcing his Antiguan and Barbudan ambassadorial…

  • Charles Fernandez congratulates Team Antigua Island Girls

    Charles Fernandez congratulates Team Antigua Island Girls

    Team Antigua Island Girls … Four women…Brave…Strong…Beautiful…Smart…Talented and COURAGEOUS! The twin islands of Antigua and Barbuda could not have selected four more suitable women to follow their predecessors and blaze a trail across the Atlantic in the Talisker Whiskey Challenge! The Ministry of Tourism salutes you and wishes you the heartiest Congratulations as you culminate…

  • MP Asot Michael applauds Sir Curtly’s selection as DWTS Celebrity

    MP Asot Michael applauds Sir Curtly’s selection as DWTS Celebrity

    Former tourism minister Asot Michael is congratulating former West Indies fast bowler Sir Curtly Ambrose on his selection in the celebrity cast for Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) Australia. Sir Curtly was named in the first batch of stars for the 2019 edition of the show and Michael believes the decision of the international cricket…

  • PM warns Caribbean could also be destabilised as a result of situation in Venezuela

    PM warns Caribbean could also be destabilised as a result of situation in Venezuela

    Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne says the Caribbean should be careful not to be drawn into the ideological war unfolding in Venezuela where attempts are being made to remove the socialist Nicolas Maduro from office. “These people are fighting an ideological war. They believe that socialism in Venezuela would plunge the people into…

  • Team Antigua Island Girls arrive home

    Team Antigua Island Girls arrive home

    Four women – Team Antigua Island Girls – have completed a journey across the Atlantic Ocean, creating history in the process. Elvira Bell, Christal Clashing, Samara Emmanuel and Kevinia Francis, the skipper, began the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge on December 12. Forty-seven days later they have crossed the finish line at home at the Nelson’s Dockyard…

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]