CLARK FREEPORT – Stakeholders of the Metro Clark area are expecting more Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Information and Communications Technology (ICT)-related investments to be poured into the periphery of the Clark Freeport after it was cited with the ICT Center of Excellence award.

The Business Process Association of the Philippines (BPAP), Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT), and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) conferred the award to Clark Development Corporation (CDC) President Benny Ricafort during the 2010 Recognition Night of the Top Ten Next Wave Cities held recently at the Cebu Sports Club Ballroom.

Ricafort said the awards night is the culmination of a year-long process of screening and research spearheaded by BPAP, the country’s leading association of ICT contemporaries led by its president, Oscar Sanez, CICT — the cyber services group of the DTI, represented by Commissioner Monchito Ibrahim and Secretary Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua respectively.

With the award, the Metro Clark area has been categorized as a prime investment destination for ICT and BPO investments. All the essential components for sustainable BPO and ICT operations are present in this zone/vicinity.

“We owe this Center of Excellence Award to the unwavering support of our Metro Clark stakeholders and to the men and women who have worked hard to promote and develop Clark towards attaining its vision of becoming the preferred investmentdestination for IT and IT-enabled industries in the ASEAN region” Ricafort said.