Living award in its 10th year (Bronze Jubilee) , which is a historic turning point in the development of participatory national and Arab, and raise the slogan "Partners in Development - saw" out of conviction of the importance of concerted efforts by individuals, and government institutions, and those civil partnership, integrating ideas, and mutually reinforcing where business, and intertwined with the goals, to turn for the better through the means of contemporary technology, and digital art, in order to achieve its vision in building the information society integrated and sophisticat.

In their effort to develop and exchange their experience in all the aspects of information technology and telecommunications; e-government authorities and programs in the gulf area resolved to launch the Gulf Cooperation Council e-Government Award project. A different gulf state hosts the Award every year, to ensure effective implementation of the mechanism of achieving the desired goals and encourage the continuous development and upgrading of the competing e-services and projects. It should be noted that the date of the Award will be set after the host country coordinates with the other participating gulf countries. This guarantees the implementation of the standards and phases created for the Award and it also gives all GCC countries the opportunity to organize this significant event.