2014
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 Popular Republic of China in Italy Li Ruiyu.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Development, Innovation, Environment, Green and Public Hygiene of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino, met a delegation of the Academy of Social Sciences of Shangai, led by the President of the Board of the Academy Pan Shiwei, in Torino for a focus on Smart City issues.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium in Italy Martens de Wilmars.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe met a delegation of the City of Lille, led by the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture Catherine Cullen, in Torino to discuss the possibility of cooperation in the field of contemporary art.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino took part in the opening conference, at the Lingotto Congress Centre, of the first edition of AMIEX - Art & Museum International Exhibition Xchange: two days, during which national and international professionals in the field of the realisation of cultural events and exhibitions could meet, exchange expierences and set the basis for new collaborations. All the relevant info on the AMIEX website.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of the General Masterplan, Urban Policies and Private Building of the City of Torino Stefano Lo Russo went on a mission to Cannes on the occasion of the Mipim, the international exhibition for the professionals in the field of real estate.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Consul General of South Africa in Milan Saul Kgmotso Molobi.
The President of the Municipal Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris met at the City Hall a group of students from the Theodoropoulos High School of Chania, a Greek town on the island of Crete, in Torino within the framework of the european project Widening Horizons, financed by the Comenius programme, carried out in partnership with the Giordano Bruno Scientific High School of Torino.
The Director General of the City of Torino Gianmarco Montanari went on a mission to Paris in order to meet his homologue Veronique Bédague-Hamilius for setting the basis of a future cooperation between the two local governments and to discuss organisational-structural routines of the respective administrative apparatuses.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Consul General of Serbia in Milan Nebojša Vušurović.
Within the framework of the long since activated cultural exchanges between Torino and Myanmar, three young Burmese journalists were hosted in Torino for a stage which included visits to the branches of Torino and Roma of the daily newspaper La Stampa and to the editors' office of the City of Torino.At the end of their stage, on March 14th, the students were welcomed at the City Hal by the Maayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova in Italy Stela Stingaci.
Deputy Mayor in charge of International and European Affairs of the City of LyonVice Mayor in charge of Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Cultural Diversity of the City of ChamberyRegional Secretary of AICCRE Piemonte Alfonso Sabatino took part on February 28th at the City Hall at the convention "A network of cities supporting a European plan for sustainable development and employment", organised by the City of Torino with the support of the European Federalist Movement (MFE) and ANCI.
The International Affairs - Cooperation and Peace Service of the City of Torino and the City Planning Service of the City of Torino met a delegation of Lodz, in Poland, interested in urban transformations.
An orchestra made of 20 young people, 10 Arab and ten Jewish, who play together since 2002, performed for the first time a concert in Torino, at the Sermig.