Qatar wins three awards at GCC e-Government Award 2025

Doha, Qatar: The State of Qatar won three awards at the GCC eGovernment Award 2025, held on the sidelines of the ministerial meetings hosted by the St...

Doha, Qatar: The State of Qatar won three awards at the GCC eGovernment Award 2025, held on the sidelines of the ministerial meetings hosted by the State of Kuwait, with the participation of GCC Ministers of Communications and eGovernment.

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) was recognised with the Outstanding Project Award in the Best Government Competencies Building Initiative Award category for its initiative ‘Qatar Digital Academy’.

The Ministry of Social Development and Family received the Outstanding Project Award in the Best Digital Inclusion Initiative Award category for its project ‘Sokoon’ application to digitise Sign Language. Meanwhile, the National Planning Council earned first place in the Open Data Initiative category for its project ‘Qatar Open Data Platform.’

This recognition highlights Qatar’s national excellence in advancing government service delivery and leveraging technology to serve the community and foster innovation.

The Qatari delegation was led by H E Mohammed bin Ali Al Mannai, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, with the participation of several senior officials from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.