UNIMAS has been involved in ICT for Rural Development research projects since 1999, starting with eBario, a telecentre implemented to provide  equal access to information and communications technologies (ICTs) to rural and remote community, in Malaysian Borneo. Employing a holistic, multi-sectorial, multidisciplinary and participatory approach, eBario has brought about significant socio-economic changes to the Kelabits, an indigenous group living in Bario.