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Tender description :
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Tender Are Invited For Innovation Business Development Services Officer
The World Bank’s Board has approved a loan of US$36 million to Grenada, Saint Lucia and the OECS
Commission from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group to
finance the OECS Skills and Innovation Project (SKIP). Each participating country will receive
funding in the amount of US$15 million credit while the OECS Commission will receive an IDA grant
in the amount of US$6 million.
The OECS Skills and Innovation Project will provide for investments in post-secondary education to
promote transversal and advanced technical skills among youth while strengthening regional
cooperation in post-secondary education. Over the next six years, the project will benefit 40, 000 youth
(18 to 34 years of age) who are currently enrolled or will enroll in post-secondary institutions in the
OECS region, and who will benefit from regional interventions to foster collaboration in the postsecondary education space. In addition, youth will benefit from the project’s provision of new tools to
assess priority skills and support teachers, as well as 120 entrepreneurs and firms that would participate
in collaborative innovation projects. The project will also foster collaborative innovation within
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Member states.
Under Component 2.3, the project will foster collaborative innovation within Organization of Eastern
Caribbean States (OECS) Member states. In Saint Lucia, the Innovation Division (ID) which forms
part of the Department of Education and Digital Transformation (DOE) is a key stakeholder in the
management of the Skills and Innovation Competitive Matching Grants Program (SKIMGP) given its
technical mandate and authority in innovation facilitation
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