2015
The Deputy Mayor in charge of the General Masterplan, Urban Policies and Private Building of the City of Torino Stefano Lo Russo met a delegation of Russian Athenaeums and Public Administrations.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of the General Masterplan, Urban Policies and Private Building of the City of Torino Stefano Lo Russo and the Vice Mayor of the City of Torino Elide Tisi met a delegation of the City of Cordoba, led by the Mayor Ramón Javier Mestre, in Torino for the signature of a letter of intents concerning the 30th anniversary of the twinning between the two cities.
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 New York upon invitation by the Italian Business & Investment Initiative on the occasion of del Summit Italy: We Are Open for Business.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Consul General of South Africa in Milan Saul Kgomotso Molobi.
A rich programme of events during the month of February, related to the Torino meets Berlin initiative. From the classic music of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig to the rockumentary about Lou Reed and his well known album Berlin. Furthermore, many conferences, live shows and original language shows at the Goethe-Institut Turin. The complete programme is available at www.torinoincontraberlino.it.
Second edition of the event dedicated to Northern Europe, which displays the cultures and the suggestive traditions of Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Estonia through music, art and litterature. All the details of the programme are available at the website www.terredelnord.com. The Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe took part in the opening ceremony.
The first year of activity of the European project TRIBUTE, financed through European funds of the Seventh Framework Programme 2007-2013 (Call: FP7-2013-NMP-ENV-EeB), and in which Torino takes part as member of a large international consortium.
The first year of activity of the European project ALMANAC, financed through European funds of the Seventh Framework Programme 2007-2013, came to an end. The City of Torino is partner of an international consortium formed by the Superior Institute Mario Boella of Torino (lead partner), Telecom Italy, two important research centres (the Fraunhofer Institute from Germany, the main European Research Institute, and, from Denmark, the Alexandra Institute, already involved in some of the most known European Smart City initiatives and member of the Danish Smart City Network) and two highly innovative SMEs both in the field of "smart processes" and of the related ICTs (Danish In-Jet and Swedish CNET).
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of Bulgaria in Italy Marin Raykov, together with the Consul General in Milan Roufev Rossen and the Honorary Consul for Piedmont and aosta Valley Giovanni Stornello.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the new Ambassador of France in Italy Catherine Colonna.
The International Affairs, European Projects, Cooperation and Peace Department of the City of Torino welcomed a delegation of Chambery to discuss new cooperation opportunities.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Consul to Political and Economic Affairs of the U.S.A. in Milan, Christopher Jester.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the PResident of the Municipal Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Porcino met the Deputy Director of the National Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau Anna Skrzypinska and Marek Zieciak, son and relative of victims of the holocaust as well as effective member of the Surveillance team of the Camp.