Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) is no stranger to rural ICT4D projects in Malaysia. Known best for their award-winning eBario project, a remote telecenter that brought internet to the indigenous highlands of Borneo in the late 90s, UNIMAS has a long, successful track-record of participatory community development projects. An article in […]
Borneo • eBario • ICT4D • mapping • Sarawak • UNIMASTelecentre Replication Initiative in Borneo, Malaysia: The CoERI Experience
Abstract There are many bridging-the-digital-divide initiatives implemented by various government agencies and non-governmental organisations throughout the world. Numerous studies have been conducted to identify the critical success factors in providing remote and rural communities equitable access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Malaysia has its fair share of successes and […]
2012 • Borneo • CoERI • eBario • ICT4D • Malaysia • rural • telecenter • UNIMASThe Centre of Excellence for Rural Informatics (CoERI)
In December 2010, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak approved the formation of the Institute of Social Informatics and Technological Innovation (ISITI). The Centre of Excellence for Rural Informatics (CoERI) which was previously anchored at the Faculty of Computer Science and IT, is now anchored at ISITI. In 1999 UNIMAS launched eBario project […]
CoERI • community informatics • eBario • empower • ICT4D • ICTs • rural • Sarawak • UNIMASThe eBario Vision for Indigenous People and ICT
The eBario project is operated by eBario Sdn Bhd. Here is the eBario mission: The eBario Vision for Indigenous People and ICT We welcome the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration serves to further invigorate our own energies towards realizing our rights and we note that the Declaration […]
eBario • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • information societyThe eBario project
eBario Sdn Bhd operates the eBario project, which is a multi-award winning initiative that brought computers and the internet to the isolated communities of Kelabit people living in the remote highlands of northern Sarawak, one the East Malaysian States on the island of Borneo. It is located in the ecologically important area known […]
Borneo • eBario • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • Kelabit • Malaysia • Sarawak • telecenter • WSISThe eBario project and their vision for Indigenous people and ICT
eBario Sdn Bhd operates the eBario project, which is a multi-award winning initiative that brought computers and the internet to the isolated communities of Kelabit people living in the remote highlands of northern Sarawak, one the East Malaysian States on the island of Borneo. It is located in the ecologically important area known […]
Borneo • eBario • ICTs • indigenous / traditional knowledge • indigenous communities • Kelabit • Malaysia • Sarawak • telecenter • WSISeBorneo: Information and Communication Needs and Opportunities for Remote Indigenous Communities
The eBorneo research project is being undertaken by eBario Sdn Bhd in partnership with the Centre of Excellence for Rural Informatics at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak and the assistance of research interns from the College of Business at the City University of Hong Kong. Be sure to visit the eBario Sdn […]
2011 • CoERI • eBario • eBorneo • indigenous communities • Malaysia • Sarawak • telecenter