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The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority secured pro bono technical and professional services from US-based Planate Management Group to evaluate potential infrastructure projects in the economic zone and support a proposed pre-feasibility study
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Planate will assess potential projects involving ports, airports, defense infrastructure and related opportunities
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Findings will be used to prepare a white paper for submission to the US Trade and Development Agency to seek potential funding for a feasibility study
The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO) has secured pro bono technical and professional services from US-based Planate Management Group to assess potential infrastructure projects in the economic zone and support a proposed pre-feasibility study.
Under the agreement, Planate will assist APECO in evaluating several potential project areas, including ports, airports, defense infrastructure and related development opportunities.
The US firm will provide research, data analysis and recommendations, as well as develop an implementation roadmap to guide the proposed projects.
The resulting data and analysis will be used to prepare a white paper for submission to the US Trade and Development Agency to seek potential funding for a feasibility study.
APECO said the partnership is expected to establish a data-driven development plan that will guide infrastructure investments and identify priority projects within the economic zone.
The initiative also aims to position APECO as the Philippines’ Pacific gateway and a strategic base for US companies expanding across Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
APECO president and CEO Gil Taway IV and Planate president Chris Decker led the signing of the memorandum of agreement in Washington, D.C., during the agency’s outbound investment mission to the United States from October 24 to 30, 2026.
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Philippine Deputy Chief of Mission to the US Felipe Cariño III attended the signing, which was supported by the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Washington, D.C., headed by commercial counsellor Benedict Uy.
