2023
The Vice Mayor of Torino Michela Favaro and the Vice President of the City Council Domenico Garcea met with a delegation of Ukrainian public administrators led by Honorable Nataliya Fedorovych.
The City of Torino took part in the Autonomy Mobility World Expo in Paris, the annual event that brings together the main public and private stakeholders involved in sustainable urban mobility, with a speech on micromobility in the "City voices" panel.
A group of high school students from Nagoya were welcomed to the City Hall as part of the exchange with the students of the Convitto Umberto I.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo welcomed the European Commission Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans, visiting Torino on the occasion of the Cities Forum.
Torino hosted the Cities Forum 2023, the European Commission's major event on urban policies. More than 750 participants from across Europe including mayors and representatives from large, medium and small cities met at the OGR to discuss policies, actions and initiatives that will help address the urban challenges of ecological transition and social inclusion.
Jérôme Pianezza, Deputy Mayor for International Relations and Fight against Discrimination of the City of Lille, participated in the Cities Forum held in Torino. During his stay, he was welcomed by Vice Mayor Michela Favaro and by the Deputy Mayor for Culture Rosanna Purchia, and he met with local associations engaged in the fight against racism and for LGBT rights.
The City of Lyon took part in the Cities Forum with a speech by the Deputy Mayor for Ecological Transition Sylvain Godinot. The delegation, also composed of Hélène Dromain, Vice-President of the Lyon Metropolis, and Sonia Zdorovtzoff, Deputy Mayor for Relations, Cooperation and International Solidarity, held a number of meetings with local authorities to discuss common issues.
The Deputy Mayor in charge of Ecological and Digital Transition, Environment and Innovation Policies Chiara Foglietta welcomed the Deputy Mayor for Technology and Innovation of the City of Toronto, Nick Mantas, visiting Torino on the occasion of the Cities Forum.
Within the framework of the activities foreseen by project entitled “Chicago-Torino Lab: Addressing the Costs of Segregation Through Peer Learning & Exchange” supported by the German Marshall Fund, the City of Torino welcomed a delegation from Chicago for a series of study visits and meetings.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo welcomed for an institutional meeting the Ambassador of Ukraine to Italy, Yaroslav Melnyk.
The City of Torino welcomed a delegation from the City of Liverpool and from the Merseyside local police for a series of meetings and study visits on security and cybersecurity during major events.
A delegation from Morocco and Tunisia was welcomed in the frame of the MENTOR2 project for an exchange between local and national authorities. On this occasion the Vice Mayor of Torino Michela Favaro met the Vice Mayor of Tunis Mounir Srarfi. Aim of the project is to foster circular mobility of skills, labour and young people in the Mediterranean.
The City of Oulu hosted the European partners of LAIPS - Light & Art in Public Spaces (i.e. the City of Torino, the City of Lyon and LUCI) for a three-day visit consisting of workshops and exchange of good practices.
Vice Mayor Michela Favaro and Deputy Mayor Gianna Pentenero met the Consul General of China in Milan Liu Kan during the appointment ceremony of Hu Yizhong, the new President of the Association of Chinese Industrialists and Traders of Torino (AICCT).
The International Affairs Department of the City of Torino joined the 17th gathering of the CDIA network of the GMF, which brings together more than 60 cities in 24 countries across Europe and North America.