The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Mr Michael H. Gerdts was received by the Mayor Sergio Chiamparino.
A delegation led by the President of the General Council of Savoy Mr Jean-Pierre Vial was received by the Mayor Sergio Chiamparino. The theme of the meeting was the Winter Olympics. The Mayor of Albertville (Winter Olympics of 1992) was also present.
The Mayor Sergio Chiamparino met a delegation from London who was visiting Turin for the Future Cities project; an initiative dedicated to the cities Turin has important relationships with, and is organised in collaboration with Fondazione Atrium and Torino Internazionale. Mr Greg Clark, Councillor for Local Development at the British Vice Prime Minister’s Office was part of the delegation.
21st April 2005 - second appointment of the series of events called "Future Cities" organized by the Municipality of Turin, the ATRIUM foundation, Torino Internazionale, dedicated to the Municipality of London and to the presentation of the project "Future London".
19th April 2005 - meeting in Brussels organized at the European Parliament by the Municipality of Turin aiming at presenting a political statement on the review of the Barcelona Process and the reinforcement of the role of the cities within the Euro-mediterranean Partnership. Members of the European Parliament, representatives of the European Commission, of the Committee of the Regions, of the Euromed Group of Eurocities (President of Euromed) attended the meeting.
The first operative seminary after the signature of the International Economic cooperation agreement between the Mayors of the cities of Turin, Lyon and Barcelona on December 6th 2004, took place on April 1st 2005 in the Sala Colonne of the City Hall. Six work groups were organised to discuss concrete projects that will be set up in the next few months. The agreement aims at promoting the Southern Europe corridor which links the three cities so as to gain visibility and competitivity among other European macroregions, thanks to a common lobby action on a European and International level.
From March 9th to 11th 2005, the Eurocities European Development Forum (ex. EDURC) meeting took place in Turin, held at the Chiesa del Redentore in Piazza Livio Bianco (Mirafiori Nord area URBAN II). The theme of the meeting was "Urban transformation". This is the first meeting since the nomination of Glasgow as the new Presidence of the Forum.
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