2014
The City of Torino takes part, on October 2nd and 3rd in Venice, in the Mobility Forumdedicated to "Smart Mobility for People and Business; from October 15th to 17th in Bordeaux, in the Knowledge Society Forum "The Sensitive City: How can Internet of Things humanize European Cities?". Finally from October 22nd to 24th in Strasbourg, in the Culture Forum "How to foster our Cities' Plural Identities?".
The Italian-Moldavian Chamber of Commerceand Industry, with the patronage of the City of Torino, organised the forum "Piemonte meets the Republic of Moldova" to present the investment opportunities in the country - that recently signed an Association Agreement with the European Union - an to create new relations between the respective economic realities.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino, met the European Commissioner in charge of Education, Culture, Sport, Multilingualism and Youth Androulla Vassiliou, in Torino on the occasion of the summit of the Ministers of Culture of the 28 member countries.
At Torino Incontra in the Giolitti Hall, from 8.30 to 18.00 of September 25th, public conference closing the project CLimate neutral Urban districts in Europe, of which Torino is partner, financed by the Operational Programme of European Territorial Cooperation INTERREG IVC. The consortium of local authorities and universities involved in the project, international experts, politicians, stakeholders debated on the results of three years of work on the subject of the development of policies for the realisation of zero impact districts. Programme is available.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Amb. Andrea Meloni, Director General for the Promotion of the National Economic System at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, in Torino on the occasion of the National Conferenceof Cultural Institutes.
The City of Torino, which is a member of the Executive Board of the EUROCITIES network since 2012, took part in the Forum of Economic Development of the network that was held in Brno (Czech Republic).
The Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino took part in the presentation of opportunities in Ecuador given by the Minister of Industry and Productivity Ramiro Gonzalez at the Piemonte Region.
The President of the Municipal Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Andrea Porcino met a delegation of Albania and Kosovo, led by the Minister for Local Affairs with mandate for Public Administration Bled Cuci, in Torino for some meetings with instituional and economic subjects.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of Slovakia in Italy Maria Krasnohorska.
On Spetember 13th and 14th, around twenty producers and retailers from Chambéry in Palazzo di Città Square, from 10.00 to 18.00, to let discover the products from Savoy: cold cuts, wine, cheese, fois gras and beer.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino, the Deputy Mayor in charge of the General Masterplan, Urban Policies and Private Building of the City of Torino Stefano Lo Russo and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe met the Panel of Judges of the London Academy of Urbanism, in Torino to visit some of its areas that were recently transformed. As a matter of fact, Torino has been chosen to be a finalist for the European City of the Year award together with Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Aarhus (Denmark).
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino, presented at the Foyer of the Teatro Regio, the Programme of Torino for the Semester of Italian presidency of the European Union and then the Report 2013 of the International Activities of a city that reaffirms itself as open to Europe and to the world as usual.
The Mayor of the City of torino Piero Fassino met a delegation of Shenyang, led by the Vice Mayor Huang Kai, in torino to evaluate a possible future cooperation, given the imminent anniversary of the twinning.
The International Affairs, European Projects, Cooperation and Peace Service of the City of Torino met met a delegation of the Council of Europe, in Torino for some high profile meetings with representatives of the ITC-ILO in order to prepare the celebrations of the European Social Chart, scheduled in October.
IFLA (International Federation for Library Association), together with ALISE, EUCLIDand the City of Torino organised, in parallel with the international summit held in Lyon, a satellite meeting on the issue of the professional identity and specific skills of operators working in museums, archives and libraries. The meeting, wit the title Theory and research on the convergence of professional identity in cultural heritage institutions (Libraries, Museums and Archives) beyond technology, was held at the GAM.