2024
Jacopo Rosatelli, Deputy Mayor for Welfare, Rights and Equal Opportunities attended the General Assembly of the European Pride Organisers Association (EPOA) in Porto. On that occasion Torino was chosen as the Host City of Europride 2027.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo met Piergabriele Papadia de Bottini, Ambassador of Italy to Uzbekistan for an institutional meeting at the City Hall.
A delegation from Helsinki was welcomed in Torino during the design week for a comparison between the new Civic Library and the Oodi Library. The meeting explored issues related to architecture, innovative services and participatory access to culture.
The Mayor of Torino Stefano Lo Russo and the Deputy Mayor for Ecological and Digital Transition, Innovation, Mobility and Transport Chiara Foglietta participated in the European Mayor’s Summit and the Climate Neutral and Smart Cities Mission Award in Strasbourg. The City of Torino was awarded the Mission Label by the European Commission as a formal recognition of the approval of the Climate City Contract (CCC) the City presented working together with the Polytechnic and other institutional partners.
The Vice Mayor of Cologne, Brigitta von Bülow, was welcomed by the International Relations Office of the City of Torino for a discussion on financing and support to cultural institutions, with particular attention to museums.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo attended the Bloomberg CityLab, an event that brought together over 700 Mayors, political leaders, innovators and creatives in Mexico City. The urban developments of major cities in Latin America were presented and some solutions proposed by local municipalities to reshape their nations were described.
Torino hosted Torino Design City to celebrate the tenth anniversary as UNESCO Creative City of Design. The event included workshops, talks and the Annual Meeting of the Italian Creative Cities, highlighting the role of design as a cultural and economic resource.
The City of Torino took part in the final events of the MENTOR2 project, dedicated to legal migration between Italy, Tunisia and Morocco. In Casablanca, networks between young people, companies and institutions were discussed, while in Tangier the results of the project were presented.
Carlotta Salerno, Deputy Mayor for Education and Youth Policies, welcomed Natalie Giorgadze, Director of the Culture Action Europe network. The visit prepared the conference Beyond the Obvious, planned in Torino in 2025, with a focus on youth empowerment through culture.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo awarded 11 projects submitted by young students within the Youth Climate Action Fund call. The initiative showcased innovative solutions for waste management, sustainable mobility and green infrastructures.
Rosanna Purchia, Deputy Mayor for Culture and Chiara Foglietta, Deputy Mayor for Ecological Transition and Environmental Policies welcomed at the City Hall a delegation of the Hong Kong Design Centre to start connections in the design sector, in view of the BoDW 2025 programme.
The City of Torino attended in Paris the kick-off meeting of the European project 2Nite, part of the URBACT programme. The project aims to improve urban safety at night, through the exchange of good practice between five European cities.
At the Salone del Gusto - Terra Madre, the Mayor of Torino Stefano Lo Russo, presided over the signing ceremony of the Protocols of International Cooperation with four partner Cities: Bethlehem (Palestine), Khouribga (Morocco), Louga (Senegal) and Praia (Cape Verde). The event marked a major step forward in Torino’s international relations, strengthening dialogue and collaboration on strategic issues such as sustainability, social inclusion and urban development.
On the occasion of the Terra Madre event, the City of Torino presented food management tools developed together with Rome and Oslo, as part of the European FUSILLI project.
The Ambassador of Ireland, Patricia O'Brien, and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Agencies based in Rome was welcomed at the City Hall by the Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro for an institutional visit.
