The MSC Malaysia Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA), a jointly organised programme by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and the Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia (PIKOM), announced eToro project as Merit award winner for the "Best of e-Inclusion & e-Community".

The 17 individual category winners and 18 merit recipients have been recognised for their contribution in the respective categories. The 2013 APICTA Awards saw an increase in its popularity with submission rising up to 345 entries.

The Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology,Professor Dr. K. Narayanan was present at the event to receive the award. eToro is an engagement ICT project between the Institute of Social Informatics and Technological Innovations (ISITI-CoERI), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and the Long Lamai community. The project aims to facilitate the Long Lamai community in preserving their indigenous botanical knowledge and data for medicinal purposes using mobile technologies. The project was funded under UNIMAS DPI grant no. 02(DPI06)/822/2011 (06).

Coming this December, eToro will be representing Malaysia along with other winners and merit recipients at the Annual International APICTA Awards happening in Hong Kong, on 24-27 November 2013.

eBario has won two awards in the 1st Global Telecentre Awards. The awards ceremony held at the Garcia Lorca Auditorium at the Palacio de Congresos in Granada and organized by Telecentre.org Foundation (TCF).

There were six different categories staged and eBario Innovation Village was selected as Grand Winner and Global Community Choice’s (through online voting) in Best Telecentre Innovation category. The Plaques and certificates of Recognition as Winner were received by Mr. Stanley Isaac, representative of Bario community and eBario innovation village project.

Under eBario innovation village project, there are four flagship applications: i) Radio Bario, Malaysias first community radio station began broadcasting October 2011; ii) low-cost aerial photography for community mapping using tethered weather balloons for making maps that support claims for indigenous land rights; iii) ICTs for traditional botanical knowledge to preserve and pass on knowledge; iv) ICTs for oral history recording, broadcasting and archiving. The project is funded by the Indigenous Peoples Assistance Facility of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

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