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  • Injunction to prevent repatriation of Haitian nationals from St. Kitts and Nevis discharged

    Injunction to prevent repatriation of Haitian nationals from St. Kitts and Nevis discharged

    Resident High Court Judge Justice Patrick Thompson, on March 6, discharged the injunction granted on February 25, to prevent the repatriation of Haitian Nationals who entered St Kitts and Nevis from Dominica by boat on February 3. The Ministry of National Security has undertaken to process the asylum requests tendered by local attorney-at-law, Craig Tuckett.…

  • Venezuelans still miss Chavez, want Maduro to do ‘better’

    Venezuelans still miss Chavez, want Maduro to do ‘better’

    (AP) — In his last televised message before dying of cancer, the late President Hugo Chavez told Venezuelans to choose Nicolas Maduro as his successor, promising that the leftist policies that oversaw a reduction in poverty would continue under the then-vice president’s guidance. That promise remains unfulfilled 10 years later. Venezuelans find themselves in a…

  • Florida flight returns to Cuba after birds cause engine fire

    Florida flight returns to Cuba after birds cause engine fire

    (AP) — A flight to Florida from Cuba was forced to turn back Sunday after it struck birds that caused an engine to catch fire and filled the cabin with smoke, a news report said. Southwest Airlines flight 2923 headed to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, returned to Havana after striking the birds, WSVN-TV reported. No injuries…

  • A historic reparative apology guided by The UWI and the Caricom Reparations Commission

    A historic reparative apology guided by The UWI and the Caricom Reparations Commission

    The first point in the Caribbean-led reparatory justice programme jointly championed by The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and CARICOM calls for ‘formal and sincere apology’ as a precondition of healing for descendants of enslaved peoples. The Trevelyan Family apology on Monday, February 27, during a forum co-hosted by the Grenada National Reparations…

  • Venezuelan girl, 17, sold to trafficker for $10K and put to work as a prostitute at upscale Trinidad home

    Venezuelan girl, 17, sold to trafficker for $10K and put to work as a prostitute at upscale Trinidad home

    (Trinidad & Tobago Guardian) — Having arrived in Trinidad and Tobago before the COVID-19 pandemic in search of a better life, Marcia Jimson (not her real name), 17, was sold for $10,000 to a trafficker who then put her to work as a prostitute in an upscale Chaguanas home. Jimson was one of a dozen…

  • Denis O’Brien set to lose control of Digicel in debt deal

    Denis O’Brien set to lose control of Digicel in debt deal

    Dgicel Group founder and chairman Denis O’Brien is reportedly set to lose a controlling stake in the company after it reached an agreement in principle with bondholders that will see the telecommunications giant reduce its debt pile by US$1.8 billion. O’Brien will retain a minority stake in Digicel and remain a director under the planned…

  • Court says ban on public officers in politics inconsistent with constitutional rights

    Court says ban on public officers in politics inconsistent with constitutional rights

    (Barbados TODAY) — A High Court judge has struck down a regulation that prohibited all public servants from actively participating in politics, ruling it unconstitutional. Justice Westmin James said on Tuesday that General Order 3.18.1 is also “inconsistent” with the rights to freedom of expression and association which are enshrined in the Constitution of Barbados.…

  • St. Lucia’s Parliament votes to make CCJ its final appellate court

    St. Lucia’s Parliament votes to make CCJ its final appellate court

    The St. Lucian Parliament has given approval for the country to have the Caribbean Court of Justice as its final appellate court, replacing the London-based Privy Council. All 13 government legislators who were present when the vote was taken supported the motion. The government needed a three-fourth special majority of the 17 member Parliament to…

  • InterCaribbean to Increase Service to Saint Lucia from March 12

    InterCaribbean to Increase Service to Saint Lucia from March 12

    The Saint Lucia Tourism Authority (SLTA) is pleased to announce that interCaribbean Airways will increase its service to Saint Lucia in March 2023. InterCaribbean began flying into Saint Lucia in March 2018 and had almost doubled its service per month by the end of the year. Throughout 2019, the airline maintained consistent service with up…

  • 4 Antiguans Among Eastern Caribbean Nationals Deported From The U.S. In 2022

    4 Antiguans Among Eastern Caribbean Nationals Deported From The U.S. In 2022

    (St. Lucia Times) — Four Antiguans were among thirty-two Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) nationals deported from the United States in 2022, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Annual Report. The list included ten Saint Vincent and the Grenadines citizens, five Dominicans and four nationals each of Saint Lucians and Saint Kitts…

  • St. Kitts to deploy 500 monkey traps

    St. Kitts to deploy 500 monkey traps

    The Department of Agriculture will deploy 500 monkey traps throughout St. Kitts to reduce the population of monkeys that are causing destruction to farm crops throughout the country. Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Corporatives Samal Duggins in a recent interview said, “The monkeys have been a significant threat to our food security here in…

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]