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Support for the recovery and rehabilitation of the Historic Centre of Acapulco and its traditional neighbourhoods, highlighting its historical and heritage value, implementing the UNESCO Recommendation on Historic Urban. It is an opportunity to recover and visualize the cultural identity of Acapulco, with its history, heritage, and culture as added value, unique and irreplaceable, distinguished from any other city.

A cultural corridor has been identified in traditional Acapulco (from the Fort of San Diego to Sinfonía del Mar), which encompasses historical heritage, artistic heritage, natural heritage, diversity of cultural expressions, and intangible cultural heritage, making it a potential resource for any recovery and rehabilitation process, with effects on the economic development of various sectors, including tourism, services, culture, and helps to reclaim the sense of belonging and identity of its people.

Promote the historical, cultural, and economic value of the port of Acapulco and its relationship with the East. UNESCO declared in 2009 the October 8 as Galleon Day, commemorating the arrival of the Augustinian friar Andrés de Urdaneta in Acapulco from Manila in 1565, on October 8, and establishing the Manila-Acapulco route that galleons used for over 250 years. The UNESCO Representation in Mexico aims to recover the importance of the galleons that sailed between Manila and Acapulco. Approaches between the Government of Mexico and the Philippines can be resumed to present the candidacy to the UNESCO World Heritage List or a binational candidacy can be made to integrate the Memory of the World Program. The Galleon was not only a trade instrument, but a transmitter of historical and contemporary sociocultural manifestations and expressions through interactions across the Pacific Ocean.

Currently, according to the 2020 Population and Housing Census, around 10% of the population in Acapulco identifies as Afro-Mexican. The Port of Acapulco and the San Diego Museum-Fort are some of the main witnesses to the history and Afro-descendant presence in Mexico. UNESCO declares Memory Sites through its program "Routes of Enslaved Peoples." There are already four memory sites in Mexico.

The Fort of San Diego was one of the main ports for the commercialization of enslaved people during the Viceroyalty. Within the framework of the recovery of Acapulco, its historical and heritage value of the port can be reclaimed, promoting recognition of the Port of Acapulco and the San Diego Museum-Fort as UNESCO’s Memory Site, and giving visibility to Afro-Mexican culture in Acapulco and the Costa Chica from the past to the present day.

As the UNESCO Office in Mexico, we will support the Guerrero State Department of Education in the process of restoring normalcy to schooling and preparing for future emergencies, through the following actions:

1. Provide teachers and school administrators with the online course MOOC "Rebuilding without Bricks: Education for Emergency and Crisis Situations," and provide support upon return to classes.

2. Offer educational communities a participatory methodology for mapping disaster risks on Mexico's Pacific Coast.

3. Develop pedagogical guidelines to integrate education in emergencies due to climate change at the upper secondary level.