Dubai, May 19 (IANS/WAM) Dubai will host the five-day 17th GCC e-government and e-services conference beginning Saturday.

 
 The conference is aimed at assisting in developing and discussing the strategies for the transformation of GCC e-government services to achieve global competitiveness.
 
 Over the years, the forum has established itself as the biggest e-government conference in the region and one of the most important events on the calendar of regional and global e-government professionals, said Datamatix, the organisers of the event.
 
 The conference provides a platform for closer cooperation and coordinated strategic policymaking to ensure that the benefits of e-government are felt across the GCC region.
 The Gulf Cooperation Council is the political and economic union of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.