The PIPP is divided into three (3) clusters based on the priority industries, geographic locations and strengths of each IPA namely, Manufacturing and Logistics/IT-BPM, Tourism and Agro Industrial.
As lead national IPA, the BOI currently chairs the PIPP Steering Committee (SC) and Technical Working Group (TWG). Aside from being an overseer, the BOI holds the distinction of motivating the IPAs acting as the PIPP Technical Secretariat.
Manufacturing and Logistics/IT-BPM Cluster
The Philippine manufacturing, logistics and IT-BPM sectors are growing by leaps and bounds over the past years through the efforts of the freeports and ecozones in the central plains of Luzon – the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB), Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), Clark Development Corporation (CDC), Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), Subic Clark Alliance for Development (SCAD) and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). These freeports offer low labor cost and highly qualified, productive and versatile workforce. They facilitate efficient flow of supply and value chains with their improved business environment, logistic operations and services. Their location provides a strategic manufacturing and logistics access point in ASEAN.
SCAD oversees the development of the Central Luzon growth corridor.
The Philippines’ 7,100 islands boast of breathtaking sceneries and amazing cultural flavors, which are being developed and promoted by the Aurora Pacific EcoZone (APECO), Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA), John Hay Management Corporation (JHMC), Poro Point Management Corporation (PPMC), Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA), Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) and Tourism Promotions Board (TPB). These Investment Promotion Agencies facilitate the improvement in tourism-related infrastructures to bring in more investments in the form of resorts, hotels, restaurants, and entertainment establishments.
APECO, CEZA JHMC, PPMC, PRA, TIEZA and TPB have strong potentials for growth due to their proximity to other countries and their world-class natural attractions.
With temperate climate, abundant water supply, fertile soil, and huge skilled labor force characterizing the following freeports/ ecozones – Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority (PIA), Regional Board of Investment-Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (RBOI-ARMM) and Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone Authority (ZCSEZA) – the South Philippines Agri Industry Area of Excellence offers ideal locations to grow various produce in vast quantities, Mindanao being the food basket of the Philippines.
MINDA, PHIVIDEC, RBOI-ARMM and ZCSEZA implement policies and programs that boost the growth of the agricultural industry, highly prioritizing its transformation into a modern, dynamic and competitive agribusiness sector.