In light of economic and political trends globally and regionally, the GCC States' have acknowledged the need to coordinate and act as one economic unit to be able to compete on the global market and ensure the prosperity that they have witnessed over the last decades. The GCC has adopted "The General Framework for Holistic Strategic Planning for the GCC States" in 2010, which defined the pillars that will shape all strategies and future developmental trends across different sectors in the region. As a part of this holistic framework and implementation plan, the GCC have adopted the "Future Trends in Strategic Urban Planning in the Gulf Cooperation Council" in 2021, to define a vision for regional growth, future policies, the development of border regions, and to compare and contrast the urban development strategies among the different states, in order to reach and form a holistic urban strategic for the region. In this session, the GCC States will reveal their visions and both the group and individual efforts that they have pursued to create a holistic vision and strategy for urban development.