2013
Within the programme of Un Natale coi Fiocchi and in the framework of the cooperation between the cities of Torino and Saint Petersburg, the Foundation Teatro Ragazzi Giovani Onlus organised at the Archivio di Stato the exhibition "Saint Petersburg from vanguards to Perestrojka" by Marina Jigarhanjan and Afrodite Oikonomidou and the theatre production company Neva-art proposed to the City of Torino to host the 2013 edition of the theatre festival for youngsters Saint Petersburg for Kids, at the La Casa del Teatro Ragazzi.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino hosted at Palazzo Civico the signature of an agreement among Chamber of Commerce of Torino, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris (CCI Paris Ile-de-France), University and Politecnico of Torino, aiming at supporting the realisation in our city of the ESCP Europe Campus, a Business School leader in training international managers.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the President of the Municipal Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris met a delegation from Japan, led by the Vice Minister in charge of of Territory, Infrastructures and Tourism Manabu Sakai.
Within the context of multiple exchanges among City, Politecnico and China, the Department of Architecture and Design of the university of Torino, last September, won the call for participating in the Biennal of Architecture and Urbanism of Shenzhen, the third in the world for its importance.
The Congress Centre Torino Incontra hosted a conference, organised by Chamber of Commerce, Turismo Torino e Provincia and the University of Torino, focusing on the potential of the Chinese tourist market looking forward to the large inflow foreseen for EXPO 2015.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Ambassador of France Alain Le Roy attended the conference, at the City Hall, "France and Italy: cooperation and innovation to grow together".
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia in Italy Sargis Gharzaryan.
On the occasion of the Romanian National day, that occurs on December 1st commemorating the unification of the country in 1918, the Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research of Venice organised a free classic concert at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi with the support of the City of Torino. Three internationally renowned Romanian violinists Vlad Maistrovici, Razvan Popovici and Christian Nas performed on the stage of the Conservatorio.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino led a joint promotional territorial mission to Nagoya and Tokyo in Japan, coordinated by Ceipiemonte and which included the Piedmont Region, the Chamber of Commerce of Torino, the Industrial Union of Torino and Turismo Torino.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of the General Masterplan, Urban Policies and Private Building of the City of Torino Stefano Lo Russo met a delegation of Lyon, led by the Deputy Mayor in charge of Urban Planning and Quality of Life Gilles Buna, in Torino for the signature of a cooperation agreement between the Urban Center Metropolitano of Torino and Urbalyon of Lyon.
The President of the Municipal Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris and and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino met a delegation from the Ivory Coas, led by the Deputy Governor of the Abidjan District N’Cho Kouau, together with the Ambassador of the Ivory Coast in Italy Janine Tagliante-Saracino, in Torino within the framework of Cioccolatò.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met a delegation coming from Mexico led by the Governor of the Tlaxcala State Mariano Gonzàlez Zarur, together with the Ambassador of Mexico in Italy Miguel Ruiz Cabanas and the Consul General of Mexico in Milan Marisela Morales, visiting Italy for a series of promotional meetings with media and companies.
The Mayor of the City of torino Piero Fassino, the Deputy Mayor in charge of the General Masterplan, Urban Policies and Private Building Stefano Lo Russo and the President of the Municipal Council Giovanni Maria Ferraris met, in different institutional moments, a delegation from Rosario, lad by the Mayor Mónica Fein, in Torino to sign a letter of intent aiming at defining a twinning between the two cities in the fields of urban planning and development, thus finalising a process started with a cooperation agreement in 2011.
The International Affairs and European Projects Service of the City of Torino welcomed a delegation of the Chamber of Commerce of Vorarlberg, in Torino for a comparative analysis on job markets.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Subsidiary Companies, Security Policies, Municipal Police and Civil Protection of the City of Torino Giuliana Tedesco led a territorial mission to China, on the occasion of the EU-China Urbanization Forum. IREN, Politecnico of Torino and the Chamber of Commerce of Torino also took part in the mission.