Location:
Mexico
Date:
2026
Sectors:
Cultural, Local Engagement
Hosts:
HERITΛGE
Partners:
Mellon Foundation
Short Description
HerMaP Mexico offers small grants to support heritage projects by organizations, collectives, individuals, and institutions in Mexico’s six northern border states.
Main Objective
The Small Grants component of HerMaP Mexico aims to support organizations, collectives, individuals, and institutions working with cultural heritage in the northern border states of Mexico through small-scale financial support. This part of the program seeks to strengthen the protection, safeguarding, promotion, and sustainable use of local heritage by prioritizing projects with strong local relevance, long-term impact, and capacity-building potential. The grants form part of a broader heritage capacity development framework implemented by HERITΛGE in Mexico.
Outcomes
- Supporting locally implemented heritage initiatives through small-scale financial support.
- Strengthening institutional and community capacities and professional skills in heritage management.
- Encouraging sustainable, socially inclusive, and environmentally responsible heritage practices.
- Promoting heritage-based social and economic benefits at the local level.
- Contributing to the identification of training needs through a parallel capacity-mapping survey
