The Subic-Clark Alliance for Development Council (SCAD Council) was created in 2006 as one of the means of realizing in Northern Luzon the 10-Point Legacy Agenda of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The primary goal of SCADC is to develop the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Corridor into the SCAD Mega Logistics Hub, a highly competitive international services and logistics center in the Asia Pacific Region by maximizing the utilization of the Port of Subic Bay and the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport. It serves as a single policy-making body with oversight powers in harmonizing the strategies and integrating the resources of participating member-agencies.

The SCAD Council, as mandated by Executive Order 504, is composed of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). EO 504 was amended on April 10, 2008 by EO 504-A, which added the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) in the SCAD Council as a participating member-agency. Subsequently, the North Luzon Railway Corporation (NORTHRAIL) also gained membership with the issuance of EO 733 in 2008. By establishing an efficient railway system from Caloocan City to Clark, the NORTHRAIL will connect Metro Manila to the sea and air components of the SCAD Corridor. This linkage will then complete the requirements for a truly viable, integrated and networked logistics protocol.

President Arroyo envisions a world-class mega logistics hub that will provide a seamless delivery of goods, services, people and information to and from the production, manufacturing, and trading centers of the country. The Hub will not only be a gateway for locators within the Subic Bay Special Economic and Freeport Zone and the Clark Special Economic and Freeport Zone, but will ultimately become the country’s main gateway to the world.

This vision of the President emphasizes the top priority the SCAD Council enjoys in the development agenda of the National Government. In 2008, the SCAD Council concentrated primarily on the harmonization and improvement of the policies and programs governing the Subic and Clark Special Economic and Freeport Zones, the rationale being that an enhanced ease of doing business will be a major factor in attracting the major players of the Asia Pacific Supply Chain to select the two zones as their primary points of destination.