The award ceremony was organized on Thursday by the Arab Administrative Development Organisation (ARADO), in cooperation with the Government of the United Arab Emirates, at the Arab League Headquarters in Cairo.

The Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology was granted the Best Arab Ministry Award, while the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development won the Award for the Best Government Project for Community Development for its project, "Enhancing the participation of the Saudi workforce in the private sector".

The Ministry of Interior won the award for the best Arab Smart Government Application for the "Absher" platform, while Noura Al-Zaid from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Moataz bin Abdullah from the Makkah Municipality won the Best Arab Government Employee awards.

CEO of the Authority for the Care of Persons with Disabilities Dr. Hisham Al-Haidari won the Best General Manager of a Body or Institution concerned with Persons with Disabilities.