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UPDATED: Wadadli Pen 2023 Challenge

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As the Wadadli Pen Challenge 2023 submission period winds down (per submission guidelines, deadline is May 31st 2023), our team continues to work behind the scenes. One of the things we’re working on is attracting gifts which we will promptly re-gift to whomever the judges select as the Wadadli Pen 2023 Challenge finalists. We’re reaching out to past and prospective patrons, and you can reach out to us as well if you wish to support Wadadli Pen’s mission to nurture and showcase the literary arts in Antigua and Barbuda via [email protected]

Wadadli Pen Inc. can so far confirm commitments from the following new and/or returning patrons https://wadadlipen.wordpress.com/wadadli-pen-patrons:

-Pam Arthurton (a longtime Wadadli Pen patron)

-The Best of Books Bookstore (which has been a patron since 2004 and has been hosting our awards since 2012; they, also, sponsor the Alstyne Allen Memorial plaque which bears the name of all the winners and contribute books)

-The Cushion Club (which remains committed to sponsoring the prize for the 12 and younger writers in memory of late Cushion Clubber and Wadadli Pen finalist Zuri Holder)

-Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné (an award winning Trinidad and Tobago artist and writer who has history with Wadadli Pen as both a patron and judge)

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-KN Consulting (which has pledged gift packages to winners in the 18+/adult and 12 and younger age categories)

-Joy Lawrence (a past patron and volunteer who will be contributing two copies of her new book The People’s Point: An Antiguan Waterfront Community)

-Papillote Press (the Dominica/UK publisher giving as it has in the past copies of its teen/YA titles: The Art of White Roses, Gone to Drift, Abraham’s Treasure, and Home Home)

-Ten Pages Bookstore (a local, online bookstore which returns with gifts once again for booklovers)

-Juneth Webson (the US based Antiguan regularly contributes gifts and cash to Wadadli Pen and will do so again)

Shout out also to:

-Media partners for hosting or boosting Wadadli Pen (especially Antiguanice.com which hosts a page on their platform, Observer Media Group which hosted team members for a re-launch on Voice of the People, and We the People which hosted team members on its  People on the Corner and The Review programmes)

-Wadadli Pen team members (Joanne C. Hillhouse-books and scholarships to her Jhohadli Writing Project workshops and Floree Williams-Whyte whose Moondancer Books has once again sponsored online advertising)

We also want to express thanks to the following for their financial contribution toward advancing our goals as a non-profit:

-Barbara Arrindell (Wadadli Pen team member)

-Daryl George (winningest past Wadadli Pen patron)

You too can contribute to Wadadli Pen Inc. Just contact us at [email protected]

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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]