2023
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo met the Spanish Ambassador to Italy, Miguel Ángel Fernández-Palacios Martinez, at the City Hall.
The City of Torino, as a founding member, participated in the Assembly of BJCEM, which deals with the promotion of the Biennale of Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean, organized every two years in a different city.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo signed a partnership agreement between the City of Torino and the Co.Dias.Co - Coordination of Diasporas for International Cooperation at the City Hall. The agreement will allow co-plan, co-design and implement cooperation and awareness-raising activities, events and initiatives.
As part of the project "Journey of the roots", Mayor Stefano Lo Russo received a delegation of young athletes of the Argentine ski team, accompanied by representatives of CONI, MAECI and the Italian ski champion Ludovica Duetto. The “Roots Tourism” project, a strategy for the recovery of the Italian tourism sector in post Covid-19, is a model of tourism addressed to the descendants of emigrants, in search of their own family roots and ancient traditions.
The International Relations of the City of Torino attended the 22nd meeting of the CDIA network, organized by the GMF, which brings together more than 60 cities in 24 countries in Europe and North America. The meeting focused on the use and regulation of Artificial Intelligence in cities and on respect for digital rights.
The City of Torino participated in the Lyon Light Festival Forum, organized by the LUCI network, in collaboration with the City of Lyon, on the occasion of the Lyon Festival of Lights. The event was an opportunity for international exchange in the field of creative lighting.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro met Ambassador Michael Tene, Vice President of ASEAN - Association of South-East Asian Nations - in Torino on the occasion of the seminar "ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific" at the Luigi Einaudi Campus.
The City of Torino participated in Coimbra in the first meeting of the European FEMACT-Cities project, which aims to introduce and expand gender issues with the development of Local Action Plans by the 8 European cities involved.
The City of Torino welcomed the representatives of the Ljubljana Pride. The meeting was an opportunity for a discussion and a presentation on the actions carried out by the municipality, through the LGBT Service.
Francesco Tresso, Deputy Mayor for Civil Protection, Public Green Areas and River Banks, participated in the round table entitled "Torino and Lyon, a comparison on public greenery and urban landscape", as part of Paysalia 2023, the exhibition addressed to professionals of the green supply chain.
The City of Torino hosted the second meeting of the trainees of the Mentor 2 project, for a day of study visits and debate. The project is co-financed by the European Commission and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), having the City of Milan as project leader.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo attended the Local Climate Action Summit in Dubai as part of the 28th United Nations Conference on Climate Change and the "Mayors Innovation Studio", a discussion on innovative strategies to fight climate changes.
The City of Torino attended the Cooperation Platform, the annual event for contact officers of the EUROCITIES network, held in Marseille.
The City of Torino participated in Leuven at the international conference "POLIS Network - Cities and Region for Transport Innovation", bringing the experience acquired on pilot projects promoting MaaS solutions and reporting the achieved results.
The workshop "The fight against economic violence on women in international cooperation policies and activities" was held at the Torino City Hall. The Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro and the Deputy Mayor for Equal Opportunities and Social Policies Jacopo Rosatelli attended the event.