2021
As part of the celebrations for the anniversary of the twinning between Torino and Nagoya, Mayor Stefano Lo Russo welcomed the Ambassador of Japan Hiroshi Oe.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo and Deputy Mayor for Culture Rosanna Purchia met the Consul General of India in Milan T. Ajungla Jamir at the City Hall.
To celebrate the anniversary of the twinning signed in 2005, Torino organized the Nagoya Days, a series of activities aimed at consolidating the knowledge between the two communities.
The City of Torino participated in Leipzig in the annual General Assembly of the EUROCITIES network, entitled "The Power of Cities: Transforming Society". During the Assembly the new Executive Committee was presented and the City of Florence was elected as President.
The City of Torino met the partners of the SEED project, to work on a common methodology aimed at creating centers of competence for social innovation in Italy, Greece, Romania and Slovenia.
The Cities of Torino and Hamburg presented the results of their Nature-Based Solutions, implemented as part of the European projects CONEXUS and proGIreg, on the occasion of the online event "Urban Greening Plans: What your city can learn from ongoing initiatives pioneering urban greening", organized by ICLEI Europa and EUROCITIES.
The International Relations Dept. of the City of Torino welcomed the Consul General of the Netherlands Mascha Baak, accompanied by the Honorary Consul Oreste Accornero.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo met the Consul General of the People's Republic of China Liu Kan at the City Hall.
As part of the activities envisaged by the twinning, the exchange of drawings made by the pupils of the Leone Sinigaglia Primary School in Torino and by the children of the Nagoya primary school took place.
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning in collaboration with the UNESCO Learning City of Yeonsu, Republic of Korea, hosted the fifth International Conference on Learning Cities entitled "From emergency to resilience: Building healthy and resilient cities through learning" also joined by the City of Torino.
The International Affairs Department of the City of Torino attended the eighth meeting of the CDIA network, City Directors of International Affairs of the GMF, which globally gathers more than 60 cities in 24 countries between Europe and North America. The themes discussed during the meeting were human rights.
The City of Torino took part in the international 2021 Fast-Track Cities conference held in Lisbon in hybrid mode.
During the international conference on security and democracy organised by EFUS (European Forum for Urban Security) in Nice, the City of Torino attended the "Technologies in Urban Security: Opportunities and challenges of the city of the future" workshop bringing the experience of the ToNite project.
The partners of the 5G-TOURS project met for the plenary meeting held virtually. In the frame of the project Torino will test new 5G technology applications in the field of tourism and museums.
The City of Torino welcomed the Consul General of Russia in Milan visiting Torino for the opening of the exhibit “The Idiot by Dostoevslkij seen by Russian painters” set up in the Villa Amoretti public library.