By Yunus S Saliu
The Heritage Management Organization will today, Friday, 27th October 2023 open its new office and a heritage training centrein Barra, North Bank Region (NBR).
This new office space is part of Heritage’s HerMaP Gambia Program co-financed by the European Union, it aims to bring together local communities to give birth to new ideas and projects, network, and find out about cultural heritage management best practices. It will also serve as a training centrefor Heritage workshops and those of our partners. It is also hoped that evetually the space will act as a tourist information centre for the North Bank Region, run by the community and serving as a practice laboratory and incubation space for cultural projects.
Among the expected esteemed guests to grace the opening and address the gathering today are representative of the EU delegation to The Gambia, Dr.Adama Bah, Director of Institute Travel and Tourism of The Gambia (ITTOG), Aba Hydara – Barra Community Committee Member, IsmailaSambou – Director of Gambia Youth Chamber of Commerce (GYCC).
About HerMaP Gambia
HerMaP Gambia is a program aimed at developing the business skills of heritage and cultural managers to enable them to establish and better support heritage and cultural enterprises. Supporting The Gambia’s heritage sector will promote community solidarity and provide high-quality employment opportunities for local talent.
The program is co-financed by the European Union with funding partly matched by the UN Economic Commission for Africa. It is being realized in partnership with the NCAC.
About HERITΛGE
The Heritage Management Organization (HERITΛGE) was established in 2008 to enable key heritage managers to independently transform heritage assets into dynamic sources of learning, community identity, and economic development through targeted training. We train professionals in the management of heritage sites, independently of project specifics. Heritage has trained hundreds of individuals and organizations over 85 countries and is now on course to impact a quarter of global heritage hotspots by the year 2025.
