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  • Boy, 11, ‘kills 10-year-old girl’ at German children’s home

    Boy, 11, ‘kills 10-year-old girl’ at German children’s home

    An 11-year-old boy is suspected of involvement in the death of a 10-year-old girl at a children’s care home in Germany, police have claimed. The girl was found dead in her room at a child and youth welfare facility in Wunsiedel, in Germany’s Bavaria region, on Tuesday. Evidence collected at the crime scene ‘indicates the…

  • Royal Family hit by new payout demands over slave trade links

    Royal Family hit by new payout demands over slave trade links

    King Charles’s backing for research into links between the monarchy and slavery risks fuelling calls for Britain to pay compensation, critics warned last night. Buckingham Palace yesterday announced it was cooperating with a landmark study into the monarchy’s involvement with the transatlantic slave trade and said the King took the issue ‘profoundly seriously’. The research…

  • Jamaican man gets 3 years for knowingly infecting UK woman with HIV

    Jamaican man gets 3 years for knowingly infecting UK woman with HIV

    A Jamaican man has been sentenced to three years imprisonment in the United Kingdom for knowingly infecting a woman with HIV. A Chester Crown Court handed down the sentence against Jamaican-born Jermaine Scott, 39, on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm. Scott was reportedly diagnosed with the potentially deadly virus in 2005…

  • Cash App founder stabbed to death

    Cash App founder stabbed to death

    A tech mogul who helped create  Android and Cash app, has been stabbed to death in San Francisco. Bob Lee, 43, was attacked in the city’s plush downtown residential Rincon Hill neighborhood at 2.35am on Tuesday. Police were called to the 300 block of Main Street near the entrance of a high-rise close to the…

  • Johnson & Johnson proposes $8.9b settlement of talc cancer claims

    Johnson & Johnson proposes $8.9b settlement of talc cancer claims

    (AFP) – US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday proposed an $8.9 billion settlement to resolve years-old lawsuits claiming that its talcum powder products caused cancer. The New Jersey-based company said the proposed settlement, which needs the approval of a bankruptcy court, “will equitably and efficiently resolve all claims arising from cosmetic talc litigation.”…

  • Donald Trump to surrender to history-making criminal charges

    Donald Trump to surrender to history-making criminal charges

    (AP) — An extraordinary moment in U.S. history is scheduled to unfold in a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday: Former President Donald Trump, who faces multiple election-related investigations, will surrender to face criminal charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments. The booking and arraignment are likely to be relatively brief — though hardly routine — as…

  • At least 26 dead as storms ravage parts of US

    At least 26 dead as storms ravage parts of US

    (BBC) — At least 26 people have been killed after a series of tornadoes tore through towns and cities in the South and Midwest of the United States. Homes were destroyed and thousands left without power after huge storms caused devastation across several states. There have been more than 80 reported tornadoes since 31 March,…

  • ‘I’m still alive’ jokes Pope as he leaves hospital

    ‘I’m still alive’ jokes Pope as he leaves hospital

    (BBC) — Pope Francis has joked that he is “still alive” as he left hospital in Rome after a three-day stay. He was admitted to Gemelli Hospital mid-week with breathing difficulties, and later diagnosed with bronchitis. The Vatican had said he was responding to antibiotics and would be released on Saturday, depending on test results.…

  • Teacher arrested for ‘raping male pupils’ as young as 10

    Teacher arrested for ‘raping male pupils’ as young as 10

    A teacher has been arrested on suspicion of raping male students as young as ten and forcing them to have sex with each other as he watched in a shocking case that has rocked Brazil. Mateus Jose Mendes, 50, is alleged to have raped at least four students in Nova Iguacu de Goias, in the…

  • Former U.S. president Donald Trump indicted in New York

    Former U.S. president Donald Trump indicted in New York

    (The Associated Press) — A Manhattan grand jury on Thursday voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter, the first criminal case ever against a former U.S. president and a jolt to Trump’s bid to retake the White House in…

  • FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried to face new bribery conspiracy charge in U.S.

    FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried to face new bribery conspiracy charge in U.S.

    (Thompson Reuters) — U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday unveiled a new indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried, accusing the founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX of conspiring to bribe Chinese government officials with $40 million US worth of payments. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged Bankman-Fried with directing the payment in order to unfreeze accounts belonging to his hedge…

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]