2014
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Urban Regeneration, Integration and European Funds of the City of Torino Ilda Curti and the Regional Councillor for Civil Rights Monica Cerutti Met a delegation of Mali led by the Minister of Malians Abroad and of African Integration Abdramane Sylla, to discuss about the assisted voluntary return policies launched by the Italian Ministry of Interior through development projects to be carried out in the Country of origin.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the European Union Commissioner and coordinator of the project of the high speed railway Corridor 5, Laurens Jan Brinkhorst.
The Mayor of the City of Torino met the new Secretary General of EUROCITIES Anna Lisa Boni. Since 1992 Torino is partner of EUROCITIES, the network of the main European cities, with more than 140 members representing more than 30 countries.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of the Republic of Albania in Italy Neritan Ceka.
The International Affairs, European Projects, Cooperation and Peace Service of the City of Torino supported the ITES "Rosa Luxemburg" in sending specifically selected brilliant students in some of Torino's English-speaking town cities to take part in stages and to improve their linguistic skills through the tool of the Master dei Talenti, financed by the Fondazione CRT. Bora Bora, Paris, Rotterdam, Salt Lake City and Shenyang took part in the initiative and from July 18th to 26th seven students reached their respective destinations, in which they will stay for three months.
The President of the Municipal Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Andrea Porcino met the Ambassador of Ecuador in Italy Juan Fernando Holguin Flores and the Honorary Consul of Ecuador in Torino Cesare Boffa.
After three years of fruitful cooperation, the European project CIE - Cleantech Incubation Europe, financed by the Interreg IVC Programme and aiming at identifying policies able to trigger and accelerate the economic growth in the field of clean technologies, came to its end. The results of such a long and thorough confrontation among partners were described and synthesized in the useful handbook “Cleantech Incubation: Policy and Practices”.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino, the Deputy Mayor in Charge of Culture Tourism and Promotion of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Civic Services, Information Systems, Sport and Free Time of the City of Torino Stefano Gallo met a delegation of Lugano led by the Mayor Marco Borradori, the Vice Mayor Giovanna Masoni Brenni, the Deputy Mayor in charge of Security and Sport Michele Bertini, the Deputy Mayor in charge of Territorial Development Angelo Jelmini and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Buildings and Urban Services Zanini Barzaghi, in Torino to discuss about a possible cooperation between the two cities, especially in the field of culture.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe went to Saint Petersburg, together with the Fondazione Cultura and the Turismo Torino e Provincia Agency, for a promotional mission related to the schedule of ExpoTo 2015, at the same time of the tour of the Teatro Regio in Russia.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the new Mayor of Chambéry Michel Dantin, together with the Deputy Mayor in charge of International Affairs, Decentralised Cooperation and Youth Nathalie Colin-Cocchi and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Public Procurement, Property and Real Estate Walter Sartori.
It was held at the Foyer of the Teatro Regio, in the presence of the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Ambassador Jan Eliasson, the Torino Leadership Forum. The initiative was originated by a project of the United Nations Staff College and the City of Torino aiming at celebrating those personalities having realised local initiatives of great global impact.
An Italian-French mixed group of 800 non professional dancers gave life to the huge parade that every two years inaugurates the "Biennale de la Danse" of Lyon. Such an important and large project involves 21 social and cultural associations from Piedmont and was born by the collaboration between Torinodanza and the "Biennale de la Dance" of Lyon.
The International Affairs, European Project, Cooperation and Peace Service of the City of Torino welcomed a delegation of Shenyang interested in discussing about intellectual property protection and industrial design.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met a delegation of Uganda, led by the Minister of Sport and Education Jessica Alupo, together with the Minister of the Affairs of the Teso Region Amongin Aporu and the Ambassador of Uganda in Italy Grace Akello.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Development, Innovation, Environment, Green and Public Hygiene of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta met a delegation of Nuremberg, led by the Mayor Ulrich Maly and the Deputy Mayor and Vice President of Città del Bio Peter Pluschke, in Torino to promote the first world Assembly of Città del Bio, to be held in Torino in October 2015, on the occasion of the third World Forum of Local Economic Development.