Due to the tremendous growth and the critical role the Gulf region has played in the dissemination of the ICDL program, the ECDL Foundation has appointed the regional body ICDL GCC Foundation as the sole operator, in order to provide better support the region and to administer and oversee the ICDL certification program in Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.

With over 13 million tests taken to date, the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) is the world's largest vendor-neutral end-user computer skills certification and is internationally recognised as the global benchmark in this area.