In line with the Duterte Administration’s thrust of regional development, the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center has launched its Local PPP Strategy in 2017 which is aimed at providing strengthened support to local government entities in developing and implementing their infrastructure and development projects. The Local PPP Strategy intends to pilot local PPPs in priority sectors and providing enhanced capacity building modules in the short term, replicate pilot local PPPs in the medium term, and acquire expertise and initiate development in the long run.​