2015
The events of the Torino meets Berlin calendar do not stop even in the middle of summer. The German language classes continue until mid July, while the magical artistic lights brighten Torino's nights until the end of August. Not to be missed the scatterd exhibition Coniglioviola. Le Notti di Tino di Bagdad being enriched by new works of art until November 30th. The complete programme of Torino meets Berlin is available here www.torinoincontraberlino.it.
Within the framework of the project SINERGI, financed by the European programme Europe for Citizens and aiming at developing social integration strategies through urban growth, Torino hosted the second thematic workshop that involved local administrators, university professors, students and representatives of local associations from four European cities: Torino, Skopje, Lisbon and Zagreb.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino amet the Mayor of Gjakova Mimoza Kusari-Lila. On that occasion, on June 30th a Cooperation Agreement was signed between the two cities.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the President of the Republic of Austria Heinz Fischer - guest on Friday of the Austrian pavillon at the Universal Exposition on the occasion of the Austrian national celebrations -, in Torino for a private visit. Together they then visited some of the main museums of the city.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Development, Innovation, Environment, Green and Public Hygiene of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta went on a mission to Nice to take part in the Innovative City conference.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of Bolivia in Italy Antolin Ayaviri Gomez.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Civic Services, Information Systems, Sport and Free Time of the City of Torino Stefano Gallo and the Director General of the City of Torino Gianmarco Montanari, met the Vice Mayor of Cologne Ralf Heinen, visiting Torino on the occasion of the Ostension of the Holy Shroud and of the many cultural activities foreseen by the Torino meets Berlin programme.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Egyptian Minister of Scientific Research Sherif Hammad, in Torino to take part in the Italian-Egyptian Forum on Bilateral Scientific Cooperation scheduled at the Egyptian Museum.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates Marwan Ahmed Al Naqbi, visiting Torino for the World Congress of the Chambers of Commerce.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of Australia in Italy Mike Rann.
The International Affairs, European Projects, Cooperation and Peace Department of the City of Torino welcomed a delegation of engineering students and engineers from Cordoba, travelling across Europe for further studies on the automotive sector.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Mayor of Orlando Buddy Dyer to discuss about opportunities of cooperation in the fields of tourism, economy, culture and university.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Development, Innovation, Environment, Green and Public Hygiene of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta represented the City at the meeting in Nantes of the Executive Committee of EUROCITIES. On the agenda the discussion of a common position of the network to be presented at the COP21, the Forum on Sustainable Innovation of the United Nations foreseen in Paris.
Once again the troop of electric vehicles of the Kiev - Monte Carlo marathon crossed Torino, since many years a regular leg of the race, and stopped-over at the Politecnico for recharging. the event under the high patronnage of Prince Albert II, has the goal to create more awareness on sustainable development, alternative energy sources, new technologies and to encourage the cooperation between different European territories.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Mayor of Chambéry Michel Dantin gave new life to the historical 1957 twinning by signing a Bilateral Agreement that commits the two Cities into promoting cooperation actions in current strategic fields such as economy, tourism, culture, sport, innovation/smart city and school/university exchanges. In the ceremony took part also the Deputy Mayor in charge of International Affairs of Chambéry Nathalie Colin-Cocchi, the Consul General of France in Milan Olivier Brochet and a large delegation of Municipal councillors of Chambéry.