2013
The President of the Municipal Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris met a delegation of Kanazawa and of the Japanese Ministry of Infrastructures and Transports, visiting Torino within the framework of the programme of exchanges in the fields of preservation of historic, cultural and urban heritage and of urban development policies, financed by the European Commission. On October 10th President Ferraris took part in the final meeting of the project in Brussels, together with the representatives of the other Italian and Japanese cities involved.
The Urban Planning Directorate and the International Affairs Department and European Projects of the City of Torino oganised the first dissemination day of the European project Climate Neutral Urban Districts in Europe financed by the INTERREG IVC Operational Programme. The meeting took place at the Urban Centre Metropolitano and the day was introduced by speeches of the Deputy Mayor in charge of Development, Innovation, Environment, Green and Public Hygiene of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta and the Deputy Mayor in charge of the General Masterplan, Urban Policies and Private Building Stefano Lo Russo. More info on the project are available on the CLUE website.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Urban Regeneration Projects of the City of Torino Ilda Curti met a delegation of french architects and urban planners, members of the AFDU, a French association for urban development, taking part in a study visit of the areas of Torino under transformation. The presentation of the areas affected by the study visit was realised by the Urban Centre Metropolitano.
Torino hosted the third edition of the International Participants Meeting of Expo Milan 2015. On October 3rd and 4th delegations from more than one hundred different Countries took part in the traditional two-days event dedicated to the Universal Exhibition 2015.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino, met the Minister of Public Works of Somalia Muhiadin Mohamed Kalmoy, in Italy to establish relations between the two territories.
From September 26th to 29th the Urban Planning Commission of the City of Frankfurt, led by the Deputy Mayor in charge of Urban Planning Olaf Cunitz, visited Torino. During its stay the delegation visited the areas where urban transformations are ongoing and in the morning of September 27th some presentations were displayed, realised by the City of Torino in cooperation with 5T, on the issues of mobility, urban transformations and green areas management. The delegation met the Deputy Mayor in charge of the Masterplan, Urban Planning Policies and Private Building Stefano Lo Russo.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino went on a mission to London on the occasion of the inauguration at the prestigious Serpentine Gallery of the exhibition dedicated to the artistic activity of Marisa Merz.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe led a territorial mission to Lyon in France in order to develop axes of cooperation between the "Biennale de la Danse" of Lyon and the Torinodanza festival.
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 Republic of Peru in Italy Alfredo Arosemena Ferreyros, together with the Consul General of the Republic of Peru in Torino Tulio Alberto Mundaca Interregni, in Torino for some institutional meetings and to present the investment opportunities in Peru.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Sport, Recreation and IT System of the City of Torino Stefano Gallo met the Mayor of Sfax Mohamed Néjib Abdelmoula, in torino to strengthen the cultural relations between the two territories.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Consul General of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Milan, Hadzijahic Nermana, to discuss the eventuality of starting a cooperation and some exchanges between Torino and Bosnia and Hersegovina in the fields of university, culture, sport. The Vice Consul General Alija Salihovic and the President of Diaspora Medaga Hodzic took also part in the meeting.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino, the Deputy Mayor in charge of the Coordination of Policies for Multiculturalism and Integration of New Citizens of the City of Torino Ilda Curti and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino, met the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on Human Trafficking Joy Ngozi Ezeilo.
The Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino went on a mission to Dresden to develop mutual knowledge in the perspective of future collaborations.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Mayor of Santiago de ChileCarolina Tohá, in Italy for some institutional meetings in Torino, Milan and Genoa.
The President of the National Museum of Automobile Benedetto Camerana went on a mission to Turkey on the occasion of the meeting of the general assembly 2013 and the executive committee meeting of the Global Design Cities Organisation.