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  • MISSING: Tezean Morancie, 14, of Bathlodge

    MISSING: Tezean Morancie, 14, of Bathlodge

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The family of 14-year-old Tezean Morancie of Bathlodge is asking the public for assistance in knowing her whereabouts. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Tezean left her home around 10:30 am on Thursday 15 June  to a supermarket on the Bathlodge…

  • Can Air Peace revive LIAT 2020?

    Can Air Peace revive LIAT 2020?

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. By Ramesh Lutchmedial In early May 2023 Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne announced that Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, is set to acquire a 70 per cent stake in LIAT 2020. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Air Peace…

  • Alfa Nero court battle continues with application to court of appeal for emergency injunction

    Alfa Nero court battle continues with application to court of appeal for emergency injunction

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. In the wake of last week’s ruling by the High Court giving the owners of super-yacht “Alfa Nero” permission to seek a judicial review of the government’s proposed sale of the luxury vessel, the owners yesterday applied to the Court of Appeal for an order…

  • Antigua Government confident Alfa Nero sale is still on

    Antigua Government confident Alfa Nero sale is still on

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The Government of Antigua and Barbuda says it is confident the auction of the Alfa Nero superyacht will proceed as planned tomorrow. This is despite two separate applications for emergency injunctions within the last 24 hours from entities and individuals claiming an ownership interest in…

  • Dexter Scotland remanded to prison on murder charge

    Dexter Scotland remanded to prison on murder charge

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel has remanded murder-accused Dexter Scotland to His Majesty’s Prison. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Scotland appeared before the District B Magistrate’s Court this morning for his first court appearance since police charged him with murder Wednesday. Investigators…

  • Bold Burglar Targets Grays Farm Home, Ditches Stolen Goods During Escape

    Bold Burglar Targets Grays Farm Home, Ditches Stolen Goods During Escape

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. (REAL News) — A would-be thief broke into a man’s home on Parliament Street, Grays Farm, but was interrupted during the act. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The homeowner reported the incident to Grays Farm Police Station, identifying the alleged…

  • Leon Riley Convicted in Teenage Girl’s Rape Case After Retrial

    Leon Riley Convicted in Teenage Girl’s Rape Case After Retrial

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Leon Riley has been found guilty for the second time of raping a teenage girl. He was initially convicted in 2019 after forcing himself on a 15-year-old girl near Pensioners Beach. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. However, his conviction was…

  • VIDEO: Woman says 15-year-old ran to her protection after being chopped by masked teen gang in Bolans yesterday

    VIDEO: Woman says 15-year-old ran to her protection after being chopped by masked teen gang in Bolans yesterday

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Make a donation to help support ABN, via PayPal: [email protected]. Follow Antigua Breaking News on Twitter @ABNAntigua and Instgram @AntiguaBreakingNews and on Facebook. Send us a message on WhatsApp at 1-868-704-9864 or email us at…

  • Heartbroken Father Mourns: Jafari, a Loving Son, Tragically Taken in Wilkies Shooting

    Heartbroken Father Mourns: Jafari, a Loving Son, Tragically Taken in Wilkies Shooting

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. Reflecting on his Beloved Son, Jafari Isaac who died on Tuesday after being shot, the devastated father Kevin Isaac shares: “Jafari was a loving young man. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. “He came upon me, his mother, and myself. We…

  • Antigua and Barbuda’s GDP stands at EC$5 Billion: ECCB Governor

    Antigua and Barbuda’s GDP stands at EC$5 Billion: ECCB Governor

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet invited the Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) to present his Country Report on Antigua and Barbuda, and the Bank’s Report on the economic performance of the ECCU region, to make projections and recommendations for strengthening the state’s and…

  • Investment Group that failed to build homes twice gets 3rd chance from Cabinet

    Investment Group that failed to build homes twice gets 3rd chance from Cabinet

    CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. CABINET NOTES: The Cabinet agreed to a hearing from a local investment group that had permission to commence a housing project 25 years ago in 1998. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP FOR NEWS UPDATES. The land that was assigned to the group has…

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]