Different Services of the City of Torino met a delegation from Gangneung interested in the Turinese Olympic experience of 2006 looking forward to the Winter Olympics 2018 in South Korea.
The City of Torino went on a mission to Riga in order to be awarded, for the video "Torino always on the move", the second prize of the Cultural Tourism category, within the framework of the fifth International Tourism Film Festival TOURFILM-RIGA 2012.
The Diplomatic Adviser of the City of Torino Amb. Franco Giordano met the Ambassador of the Ivory Coast in Italy Janine Tagliante-Saracino.
The Mayor of the City Torino Piero Fassino met a delegation of representatives of Japanese industrial groups coordinated by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, in Torino within the framework of an initiative organized by Invitalia.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Director of Helsinki World Design Capital 2012 for a confrontation on the previous experience Torino World Design Capital 2008 and in order to plan some joint initiatives during 2012.
Different Services of the City of Torino met the Director of Provence Promotion in order to discuss about urban development and promotion.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Diplomatic Adviser Franco Giordano met the Ambassador of France in Italy Alain Le Roy and the Consul General of France in Torino and Genoa Véronique Vouland-Aneini.
The International Cooperation Service of the City of Torino met the Ambassador of the Republic of Somalia in Italy and Belgium and Head of the Somali Mission to the European Union Nur Hassan Hussein.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Roads and Transports of the City of Torino Claudio Lubatti met a delegation coming from the Cities of Neiva and Bucamaranga, led by the Mayor of the City of Neiva Pedro Hernán Suárez Trujillo.
March 30th Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino presented the programme of the 2012 international activities of the City of Torino and the 2011 Report of the International Activities at the Foyer of the Teatro Regio.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of the State of Israel in Italy Naor Gilon.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark in Italy Birger Riis-Jørgensen and the Consul General of the Kingdom of Denmark in Milan Steen Thorsted, in Torino for a convention at the European Training Foundation within the framework of the Danish EU Council Presidency semester.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Environment and Smart City of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta met, on March 26th, a delegation of representatives of economic institutions, development and environment agencies and universities coming from Detroit to Torino for a focus on local clusters for innovation and sustainable economic development. The visit is part of a bilateral programme financed by the German Marshall Fund and the Kresge Foundation, in collaboration with Compagnia di San Paolo and Torino Internazionale.
The Town Planning Directorate of the City of Torino meets a delegation of representatives of the private-public partnership company SERL (Société d'Equipement du Rhône et de Lyon) to discuss about large urban transformations.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Town Planning, Regeneration and Inclusion of the City of Torino Ilda Curti met a delegation of professors coming from the University of Kyoto and interested in the large urban transformations of Torino.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Environment and Smart City of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta met a delegation coming from Granollers, led by the Vice Mayor Jordi Terrades Santacreu and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture Alba Barnusell, in Torino to study its urban transformations and the Smart City initiative.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Consul General of the U.S.A. in Milan Kyle Scott.
The Ambassador Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Adviser of the Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino, met a delegation led by the Governor of the State of Michigan Rick Snyder. the Consul General of the U.S.A. in Milan Kyle Scott also attended the meeting.
The Vice Mayor of the City of Torino Tom Dealessandri and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Town Planning, Regeneration and Inclusion of the City of Torino Ilda Curti met some representatives of the China Development Bank, in Torino following up the recent mission of the territory in China.
The President of the City Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris met a delegation students from Shenzhen, coming to Torino for a semester of studies at the Università degli Studi. The students are taking part in an exchange project realized by the Centro Alti Studi sulla Cina Contemporanea.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met a delegation of relatives of the victims of the Kursk submarine, in Torino for the presentation of a short memorial poem on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of its sinking.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Equal Opportunities and Decentralization of the City of Torino Maria Cristina Spinosa went on a mission to Volgograd in order to attend the Women's Forum "Dialogue without borders" and give a speech at the session named Gender policies: issues, plans, solutions. During the visit she also met the Mayor Sergey Sokolov, the Vice Mayor Irina B. Elinetskaya and the President of the City Council Irina A. Pareva.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia in Italy Velibor Atanasovski Topaloski.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Environment and Smart City of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta met some representatives of the Toshiba Group and of Hitachi Europe in order to discuss the Smart City initiative.
The President of the City Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris met a delegation from Cegléd, led by the Vice Mayor Agota Hegedus, in Torino to discuss an eventual partnership for future cultural exchanges, especially within the field of the common history of the Risorgimento and related to the prominent figure of Lajos Kossuth.
The City of Torino, the Chamber of Commerce and the Urban Centre Metropolitano carried out a mission to Skopje to discuss the start of some important cooperation initiatives between the two territories, beginning within the field of urban planning studies. The meetings were attended by the Mayor Koce Trajanovski and the Ambassador of Italy in Macedonia Fabio Cristiani.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino the Governor of the State of Minas Gerais Antônio Augusto Junho Anastasia, together with the Consul General of Brazil in Milan Luiz Enrique Pereira de Fonseca.
The Vice Mayor of the City of Torino Tom Dealessandri met the Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce of Seoul Bark-Jae Young, in Torino within the framework of an initiative organized by the Chamber of Commerce and the Piemonte Agency for Investments, Export and Tourism.
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