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  • West Indies Rising Stars Under 15s Championship to be played in Antigua April 4 to 12

    West Indies Rising Stars Under 15s Championship to be played in Antigua April 4 to 12

    Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced the match schedule for the West Indies Rising Stars Under 15s Championship which will be played in Antigua from Tuesday 4 April to Wednesday 12 April. The tournament will feature the six regional teams who will each play five rounds of 50-over matches at three venues: Sir Vivian Richards…

  • Antigua and Barbuda’s CARIFTA Swim Squad has been Selected

    Antigua and Barbuda’s CARIFTA Swim Squad has been Selected

    The Antigua and Barbuda Swimming Federation has announced a fifteen (15) member squad, to compete in the upcoming CARIFTA Aquatic Championships in April 2023. The squad representing Antigua and Barbuda at the championships to be held in Curacao, over the period April 6-12 are made up of six (6) boys and nine (9) girls all…

  • Save West Indies Cricket

    Save West Indies Cricket

    By Dr. Philip Ayoung-Chee Over the last five years and more, West Indies cricket has been in a slump. Small flickers of hope present themselves with many fanfares, only to be followed by dismal failure. It is quite apparent that the present administrators seem to have no solution to the problem. The Trinidad and Tobago…

  • West Indies Championship rounds 3 to 5 scheduled for Trinidad and Guyana

    West Indies Championship rounds 3 to 5 scheduled for Trinidad and Guyana

    Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced the match schedule and venues for the final three rounds of the West Indies Championship, the region’s first-class four-day red ball tournament, which will be played in Trinidad and Guyana. Two rounds have been played so far and the tournament will resume on 15 to 18 March with Trinidad…

  • Damar Hamlin has made it to the Super Bowl.

    Damar Hamlin has made it to the Super Bowl.

    Damar Hamlin has made it to the Super Bowl. The Buffalo Bills safety made his third appearance in Phoenix during Super Bowl week, this time on the field at State Farm Stadium prior to Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. It’s been a little more than a month since Hamlin went…

  • Brathwaite, Chanderpaul set new record opening partnership for Windies

    Brathwaite, Chanderpaul set new record opening partnership for Windies

    Kraigg Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul set a new West Indies record of 336 for the first wicket on Monday as the Caribbean side reached 374-2 by lunch on day three of the first Test against Zimbabwe. The stand surpassed the 298-run partnership shared by Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes against England in Antigua 33 years…

  • Another National Record For Joella Lloyd

    Another National Record For Joella Lloyd

    The Antigua and Barbuda Athletics Association said: University of Tennessee senior and National record holder Joella Lloyd has returned to record breaking ways in the 2023 Indoor Season. The 2021 Olympian and SEC 60m champion ran an impressive 23.38 for second place in Heat 2 of the Womens 200m at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational…

  • CWI pays tribute to former West Indies batsman Irving Shillingford

    CWI pays tribute to former West Indies batsman Irving Shillingford

    Cricket West Indies paid tribute to Irving Shillingford, the former Dominica, Combined Islands and West Indies batsman who passed away on Thursday. He was 78. Shillingford was a stylish and determined middle-order batsman who made his international debut at age 32 against Pakistan in March, 1977, where he played alongside Sir Clive Lloyd, Sir Viv…

  • Brian Lara to assist Cricket West Indies as Performance Mentor

    Brian Lara to assist Cricket West Indies as Performance Mentor

    Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced that former West Indies Captain and batting legend, Brian Lara, has agreed to assist CWI as a Performance Mentor – working across all international Teams and with input into the West Indies Academy. Lara’s new role will be to support the various Head Coaches in providing players with tactical…

  • A suggested plan for West Indies Cricket

    A suggested plan for West Indies Cricket

    DEAR EDITOR: I would like you to kindly share this letter with your readers, either as a “letter to the editor” or, a guest writer. As a former Barbados fast bowler, who played and watched cricket at a high standard in the past; a game that culturally resides in our Caribbean hearts, I am disappointingly…

  • Chanderpaul not to renew his contract as head coach for USA senior Women’s & U19 teams post U19 ICC World Cup

    Chanderpaul not to renew his contract as head coach for USA senior Women’s & U19 teams post U19 ICC World Cup

    By Ajit Bezbaruah Atlanta: In a major development in USA cricket, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the head coach of the USA senior women’s and U19 team(s) is not expected to renew his contract post the ICC U-19 Women’s World Cup in South Africa. The USA Cricket on December 14, 2022 announced the USA U19 Women’s team for…

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]