2014
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino opened the Italy Angola Business Forum that took place at the Congress Centre of the Unione Industriale and was attended by a massive Angolan ministerial delegation, 50 Angolan companies, 100 Italian companies, thus resulting sellout.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of Bolivia in Italy Antolín Ayaviri Gómez, together with the Cionsul General of Bolivia in Milan Eva Gloria Chuquimia Mamani.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Transports, Mobility and Metropolitan Area of the City of Torino Claudio Lubatti met a delegation of the City of Barcelona, led by the Deputy Mayor in charge of Transports Eduard Freixedes, in Torino for discussing urban mobility and energy issues.
The City of Torino took part in the coordination meeting of the "network of good food cities of the world" Délice, led by the City of Lyon, that was held in Barcelona. Torino and the other wine and food capitals of the world, among which Chicago, Osaka, Bordeaux, only to mention a few of them, met in Barcelona to coordinate joint initiatives which will culminate with the Annual General Meeting in Torino from October 22nd to 24th. The meeting in Torino will coincide with the 2014 edition of both the Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino, the Vice Mayor of the City of Torino Elide Tisi, the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Development, Innovation, Environment, Green and Public Hygiene of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta, in the presence of the Ministry in charge of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies and empowered for the Expo Maurizio Martina and the Unique Commissioner of the Government for the Expo Milano 2015 Giuseppe Sala, presented at the foyer of the Teatro Regio the extensive schedule of events prepared for the Universal Exposition.
A large Turkish delegation of the Chamber of Commerce of Smirne, led by the President of the Chamber of Commerce of Smirne Ekram Demirtas, presented the companies and the opportunities for investments in Turkey at a networking meeting, organised by the Piemonte Agency for Investments, Export and Tourism at the Congress Centre Torino Incontra. The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino opened the meeting.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino, the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino, the Deputy Mayor in charge of Transports, Mobility and Metropolitan Area of the City of Torino Claudio Lubatti, 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 Development, Innovation, Environment, Green and Public Hygiene of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta met the Governor of the State of Michigan Rick Sneyder.
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 Lavoltamet John Tolva, former Director of the Innovation and Technologies Office of Chicago, now President of the Positive Energy Practice company, as well as winner in 2012 of the Innovation Champion of Change award of the White House, on the occasion of an open confrontation on the Smart City issue in front of entrepreneurs, journalists and professionals dealing with such idea of city.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino opened the works of the second meeting of the permanent table on Africa, recently formed with the goal of building a strategy of relations and connections with the African continent in a systematic way.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of Hungary in Italy János Balla.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Transports, Mobility and Metropolitan Area of the City of Torino Claudio Lubatti met a delegation of the Association Rue de l'Avenir, in Torino for some focuses on issues related to traffic management in Torino, sustainable mobility and parking management.
The Large Urban Projects Department and the International Affairs, European Projects and International Cooperation Department of the City of Torino welcomed the partners of the European project CITY REGIONS, financed by the Territorial Cooperation Programme Central Europe.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of the Republic of Angola Florêncio Mariano Da Conceição De Almeida, looking forward to the Italy-Angola business forum foreseen in April.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of the General Masterplan, Urban Policies and Private Building of the City of Torino Stefano Lo Russo took part, on March 24th at the City Hall, in the press conference opening the European project Social Integration Through Urban Growth Strategies - SINERGI. In the press conference and in the following two working days took part also the technical partners of the city within the project: Politecnico of Torino, Urban Center Metropolitano and Istituto Superiore sui Sistemi Territoriali per l'Innovazione.
The cycle of meetings Being a designer in Israel - Experiences, leading actors and new horizons, organised by the IED together with the City of Torino and the Israeli Embassy in Italy, continues. On march 20th it was the turn of the writer and illustrator of children's books Orit Bergman, teacher at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design of Jerusalem. The cycle of meetings is in the framework of the Italy-Israel 2014 cultural activities promoted by the Embassy of Israel in Italy.