North and South America, Oceania 2022
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo welcomed at the Cuty Hall the Consul General of the United States in Milan Robert Needham on the occasion of an institutional visit. Among the topics on the agenda were academic exchanges on innovation and technology, as well as cultural and tourism exchanges.
Vice Mayor Michela Favaro met the Ambassador of Canada to Italy Elissa Golberg. The topics on the agenda spanned from innovation to strategic actions aimed at social inclusion and multiculturalism, from green transition to creativity.
Vice Mayor Michela Favaro met a delegation led by the Mayor of the City of Sansonate, Rafael Arévalo, by the Consul General of El Salvador in Milan and by the Honorary Consul of El Salvador in Torino. The discussion focused on waste management, sport projects and food issues, especially coffee.
In the frame of the Cities without Borders programme, Vice Mayor Michela Favaro met a delegation of the Frente Nacional de Prefeitos – Fnp made up of Brazilian mayors and deputy mayors in charge of mobility to exchange know-how and best practices.
The Vice Mayor of the City of Torino Michela Favaro and the Chairwoman of the City Council Maria Grazia Grippo met a delegation led by Julio Guerra Izquierdo, honorary citizen of Torino.
Vice Mayor Michela Favaro met a delegation from the City government of Buenos Aires. The meeting centred around the promotion of sustainable and digitised trade and productive processes.
Vice Mayor Michela Favaro and the Chairwoman of the Torino City Council Maria Grazia Grippo met the Vice Minister of Agriculture of Cuba Maury Hechavarría Bermúdez together with the Ambassador of Cuba to Italy, Mirta Granda Averhoff, for an institutional meeting with a special focus on food sovereignty.
The Vice Mayor of Torino Michela Favaro met a delegation from Quetzaltenango visiting Torino for Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, in the frame of the project on “Xela-Torino, Capitals of Chocolate”.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo welcomed at the City Hall Art Devlin, Mayor of Lake Placid, host city of the 2023 FISU World University Games.
Vice Mayor Michela Favaro met a legation of civil servants and public administrators from the Mancomunidad of Quetzaltenango. Their visit, coordinated by the local NGO MAIS, was carried out in the frame of an international cooperation project funded by the EU promoting a clear, responsible and shared governance.
In the frame of the activities foreseen by the twinning with Cordoba, the City of Torino in collaboration with AVEIT welcomed a delegation of engineering students visiting Torino for a series of onsite visits covering the innovation technology and automotive sectors.
The Vice Mayor of the City of Torino Michela Favaro met the Ambassador of Cuba to Italy Mirta Granda Averhoff visiting Torino on the occasion of an exchange of academic lecturers and researchers.
Vice Mayor Michela Favaro met at the City Hall the President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Cordoba Edoardo Fracanzani.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Stefano Lo Russo met at the City Hall the Ambassador of Mexico to Italy Carlos Garcia de Alba Zepeda.
The Ambassador for European Affairs of Belize, Nunzio Alfredo D'Angieri, met the Mayor of Torino Stefano Lo Russo.