2015
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino opened the conference Malta - Industrial Investments and Business Opportunities, organised by the Embassy of Malta in Italy and the Consulate of Malta in Torino, that focused on the economic and investment opportunitiesoffered by the Mediterranean island and on the possible connections for Italian investors.
The City of Volgograd, bond to Torino not only for historical reasons but also by a Cooperation Agreement signed in 2011, like every year invited a delegation of the City of Torino to take part in the Celebrations for the conclusion of World War II. The Vice President of the Municipal Council of the City of Torino Gioacchino Cuntrò gave the regards to the Russian city.
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 Campo Grande, Brazilian city twinned with Torino since 2002, in Torino to study its best practices in the field of urban planning and development. The delegation also met the Chamber of Commerce and Urban Center Metropolitano.
The International Affairs, European Projects, Cooperation and Peace Department of the City of Torino welcomed a delegation of artisans from Myanmar visiting Torino for a project whose aim is to present and develop the artisan techniques of production of Myanmar laquers with students and teachers of the European Institute of Design and of the Belle Arti Academy of Torino.
The Sandretto Re Rebaudengo gave the StellaRE Award 2015 to the Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, head of the museums of Qatar, who, with her activity, not only promotes the culture and the growth of museums in Qatar worldwide, but also supports the work of young artists.
Sinergy between the programme dedicated to the German Capital City and the International Book Fair, from May 14th to 18th, whose guest of honour is Germany. The large presence of German writers at the Fair intends to be the best way to promote dialogues allowing a deeper mutal knowledge. To be highlighted the strong cooperation with the Buchmesse of Frankfurt and the Goethe Institute, in Torino for sixty years now. The complete programme of Torino meets Berlin is available at www.torinoincontraberlino.it.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Vice President of Peru Marisol Espinoza Cruz together with the Consul General of Peru in Torino Tulio Mundaca.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino went on a mission to Barcelona for promoting the City at an event organised in cooperation with Turismo Torino e Provincia and the Consulate General of Italy in Barcelona.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of Rwanda in Italy Jacques Kabale, together with the Honorary Consul of Rwanda in Torino, Luciano Longo.
A group of students of the Conservatorio G. Verdi of Torino performed a jazz concert, directed by the orchestra leader Furio di Castro, at the Conservatory of Chambery, to celebrate the recent twinning between the Conservatories of the two Cities.
Inaugurated at the Musée des Beaux Arts of Chambery the exhibition Rois et Mécènes. La cour de Savoie et les formes du rococo, thanks to the cooperation with Palazzo Madama in Torino. The exhibition, on stage from April to October in Chambery, is one of the many cooperation initiatives between the two Cities, twinned since 1957.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino, met a delegation coming from the Governorate of Luxor, in Torino for the inauguration of the New Egyptian Museum. On that occasion and in the presence, among the others, at the City Hall, of the Deputy Governor of Luxor Adel Mahran and the Consul General of Egypt in Milan Aleya Mohamed Samy Abul Ezz, on April 1st a Cooperation Agreement between the two territories was signed in the domains of culture and science.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Consul General of the U.S.A. in Milan Philip Reeker.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of the General Masterplan, Urban Policies and Private Building of the City of Torino Stefano Lo Russo took part in the Annual Investment Meeting in Dubai.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Annelies Storms opened, at the City Hall, the works of the EUROCITIES Culture Forum.