GCAA was honored “Best Portal Award” at the 2nd GCC e-Government Award and Conference held at Kuwait in 2011. The IT Director and Ahmed Al Belqaizi presented the GCAA website and its distinguished functions at the GCC eGovernment Exhibition held in Kuwait. The UAE stand at the exhibition was visited by numerous visitors. Apart from the general public the following dignitaries visited the stand and praised the initiatives and innovation from the UAE entities.

• H.E. Salem Mutheeb Ahmad Al Uthayna, Kuwait Minister of Electricity and Water and acting Minister of Information
• H.E. Hassan Salem Al Khayal - UAE Ambassador to Kuwait
• H.E. Dr. Abdulaziz Bin Ibrahim Al-Fayez - Saudi Ambassador to Kuwait
• H.E. Abdulla Aqeeda Al Muhairi – Secretary General of Zakat Fund
• H.E. Salem Khamis Alshair Al Suwaidi, Director General of the General Information Authority (GIA)
• H.E. Abdullatif Al-Suraie, the Director General of the Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT)
• Salem Al Housani, Deputy Director General of GIA
• Qusai Al-Shatti, Deputy Director General of IT (CAIT)

In the year 2009 the GCAA IT Department had won “Best eContent” award at the same event held in Oman.