The Vice Mayor of Torino Tom Dealessandri met the Vice Commissioner of the Metropolitan Government of Seoul in charge of Design Soonjig Kim in order to discuss about the experiences of Torino World Design Capital 2008 and Seoul World Design Capital 2010.
A delegation of technicians of the Beijing Water Authority came to Torino for a series of thematic meetings with their homologues from SMAT.
The Mayor of Torino Sergio Chiamparino met the Consul General of Ukraine Volodymyr Yatsenkivskyi.
Some Departments of the City of Torino met a delegation coming from the City of Grenoble to discuss about project plans related to sustainable buildings.
The Mayor of Torino Sergio Chiamparino met a delegation from the City of Zlín, led by the Mayor Irena Ondrova and by the Deputy Mayor in charge of City Planning, Transports and Industrial Areas Zdenek Blazek, on the occasion of a visit to Torino for some technical-institutional meetings.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture and of the 150th Anniversary of the Unity of Italy Fiorenzo Alfieri met a delegation of several Deputy Mayors in charge of Culture from different Cities of the Department of Barcelona, led by the Vice President in charge of Culture of the Department of Barcelona and interested in intercultural services related issues.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture and of the 150th Anniversary of the Unity of Italy Fiorenzo Alfieri met a delegation from the City of Lyon in order to discuss about the collaboration perspectives Torino-Lyon 2008-2013 focusing in particular on the synergies between the Festival Torino Danza an the Biennale de la Danse of Lyon.
The International Affairs Department of the City of Torino met a group of students of the Sainte Génevičve High School of Chambéry, twin city, within the framework of an exchange program with students of Torino.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of City Planning, Private Building and Public Property Mario Viano met a delegation of city planners led by the Vice Mayor of Zurich Kathrin Martelli and interested in the post-Olympic experiences of the City of Torino.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Commerce, Tourism, Productive Activities and Urban Marketing of the City of Torino Alessandro Altamura met the Consul General of Switzerland in Genoa Giancarlo Fenini and the Honorary Consul in Torino Giacomo Bucchi.
The International Affairs Department of the City of Torino met the Consul General of the Netherlands in Milan Nora Stehouwer.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Promotion, Cooperation and International Affairs of the City of Torino Michele Dell'Utri met a Vietnamese delegation on the occasion of an international convention hosted by the Athenaeum of Torino under the patronage of the Vietnam Embassy in Rome and in collaboration with the Centre of Vietnamese Studies in Torino. The convention focused on joint research projects with the Vietnamese institutions.
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