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The Institute of Public Administration (BIPA) chaired the twenty-seventh meeting of the distance training committee of public administration institutes in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, in the presence of representatives of Gulf public administration institutes and Gulf ministries and civil service bodies, as well as representatives of the human and environmental affairs sector and the cultural and media affairs sector of the General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council. During the meeting, the participants discussed the necessity of spreading the culture of e-training, especially in light of the circumstances that the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the region are going through, and the policy of rationalizing spending. The meeting also addressed important topics such as the necessity of activating direct and recorded electronic lectures between Gulf institutes, and assigning the committee to implement lectures on the topics of the unified methodology to determine the training needs in the Cooperation Council for Arab States and the topics of creativity and innovation in administrative work. The meeting also discussed following up on the implementation of e-training workshops between Gulf public administration institutes and following up on the joint production and implementation of e-training packages and educational clips. On this occasion, Muhammad Al-Sabaa, Senior Director of Basic Development and Creative Learning at the Institute of Public Administration (BIPA), stressed the importance of this meeting in exchanging experiences and transferring skills between the GCC countries in light of the similarity of training needs in the region and the similarity of the solutions proposed for developing And improving performance in the government sector in general, praising the outcomes of the ongoing meetings of the Distance Training Committee at GCC institutes and their role in consolidating the culture of distance training. Al-Sabaa pointed out that the Kingdom of Bahrain has a long experience in providing many e-training programs, which achieved results among trainees from various ministries and government agencies, stressing the importance of continuing such programs, which are considered the expected future for all training programs in various fields and sectors.