2013
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino met the Consul General of Germany in Milan Peter Dettmar.
The Mayor of the City of Torino and President of the National Association of Italian Cities Piero Fassino introduced, at the City Hall, the congress of representatives from Catalan and Italian twin cities, in the European year of Citizens, aiming at supporting bilateral relations, developing them into a joint European perspective able to contribute at the building of an active European citizenship as well as reinforcingtheir joint activities looking forward to the EXPO 2015. The congress was organised by Generalitat de Catalunya and ANCI.
The International Affairs and European Projects Service of the City of Torino and the Central Directorate for Culture and Education of the City of Torino welcomed a delegation of Tiltan College of Haïfa, visiting Torino to study its design system - IED, IAAD and Politecnico -.
The partners of the European project CENTRAL MARKETS, financed within the framework of the territorial cooperation programme CENTRAL EUROPE, gathered for two days in Torino to study its markets management model with the purpose of drafting an european strategy fro revitalising such a strategic asset for local development.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino met the Ambassador of the U.S.A. in Italy John Phillips, together with the Consul General of the U.S.A. in Milan Kyle Scott and the Deputy Consul General of the U.S.A. in Milan Nathalia Sloan.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Mayor of Chambery Bernadette Laclais on the occasion of a visit to the construction site of the TAV exploratory tunnel at the Maddalena.
The President of the Municipal Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris met the ambassador of the Philippines in Italy Virgilio Reyes.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Deputy Mayor in charge of Innovation Research and University of Parsi Jean Luis Missika.
The International Affairs and European Projects Service of the City of Torino welcomed the Honorary Consul of Lithuania in Torino Fabrizio Valentini.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe brought their greetings to the participants in the round table at the City Hall that discussed the creation of a European partnership on the issue of the accessibility of art by all citizens. The meeting, organised by the Central Directorate for Culture and Education of the City of Torino was attended by experts coming from the cities of Barcelona, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Liverpool, surich and the Audiences Europe Network.
After the summer exhibition of the band TRIGONES+ on the stage of the finals of Pagella Non Solo Rock, it was the turn of The Rule Breakers, the band that won the 2013 edition of the context which involved 59 groups, to perform at the BLOGG of Lyon, thanks to an agreement, signed by the cites of Lyon and Torino, on exchanges of young music bands.
the President of the Municipal Council of the City of torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris and the Ambassador of Poland in Italy Wojciech Ponikiewski brough their respective greetings at the inauguration, on November 6th at the Torino Incontra Congress Centre, of the Polish days, a set of initiatives called "Festival of new technologies: discover Poland".
Within the framework of the cooperation agreement between Torino and Skopje, signed in 2012, the City of Torino supported the participation of artists from Skopja in Paratissima, the off-event of Artissima. At its ninth edition Paratissima welcomed an international guest: several young macedonian performers took part in the event, sharing their vision of contemporary arts.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Development, Innovation, Environment, Green and Public Hygiene of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta met fifty students and teachers coming from Spain, Sweden and Poland who, together with the students of the Scientific International High School of the Convitto Umberto I, take part in the European project Environmental Good Practices within the Comenius programme. It was the occasion to discuss with the next generation about smart city issues.
The Transport and Metropolitan Area Deputy Mayor's Office and the International Affairs Service of the City of Torino, in cooperation with the Politecnico, welcomed for the third year the electric marathon a green punctuality race of e-vehicles across 11 countries and 36 cities in Europe. The afternoon stop in Torino was exploited to recharge the batteries before the evening leg Torino-Cuneo.