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December 18th 2012 - Mayor of Ekaterinburg - Russian Federation

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the President of the Municipal Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris met the Mayor of Ekaterinburg Evgeny Porunov.

November 30th 2012 - Delegation of Suresnes - France

The President of the City Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino met a delegation of officers, trade union representatives and politicians of Suresnes, led by the Mayor, as well as Vice President of the General Council of the Hauts de Seine Department, Christian Dupuy and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Human Resources Béatrice de Lavalette.

November 29th-30th 2012 - Delegation of Lyon - France

The Public Spaces Redevelopment Department and the City Planning Directorate of the City of Torino met a delegation of technicians of the City of Lyon interested in the issue of the large urban transformations in Torino. The delegation carried out different technical visits and was welcomed at the Urban Centre Metropolitano.

November 28th-30th 2012 - Delegation of Charlotte (U.S.A.) and Birmingham (Great Britain)

The Deputy Mayor in charge of Town Planning Policies and Integration Policies of the City of Torino Ilda Curti met a delegation of international guests of the City coming from Charlotte in the U.S.A. and Birmingham in Great Britain to Torino within the framework of the exchange Torino Social & Smart Campaign - TO.S.CA, cofinanced by the Transatlantic Cities Network of the German Marshall Fund.

November 27th-29th 2012 - Delegation of Warsaw - Poland

A delegation of Warsaw, led by the Vice Mayor Michal Olszewski, stayed in Torino for a few days in order to discuss issues related to mobility and traffic management. The delegation was welcomed by 5T Srl (Torino, Technologies, Telematics, Transports, Traffic), the Environment Park and the Urban Centre Metropolitano.

November 14th-16th 2012 - Signature of an agreement with Saint Petersburg - Russian Federation

The Governor of Saint Petersburg came to Torino, leading a large delegation, in order to sign a Cooperation Agreement which goes along with the one signed in February between the Torino Musei Foundation and the Hermitage Museum. A signing ceremony took place at the City Hall and then several round tables followed, focusing on ICT, e-government, energetic efficiency, culture, tourism, and economic development.

November 12th-13th 2012 - Delegation of Kragujevac - Serbia

The Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino, met a delegation of Kragujevac, led by the Vice Mayor Dorica Milovanovic.

October 25th 2012 - Ambassador of the Republic of Ireland

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino met the Ambassador of the Republic of Ireland in Italy Patrick Hennesy.

October 24th 2012 - Ambassador of the Republic of Poland

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the President of the Municipal Council Giovanni Maria Ferraris met the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Italy Wojciech Ponikiewski.

October 23rd-24th 2012 - Delegation of Nantes - France

The Deputy Mayor in charge of Development, Innovation, Environment, Green and Public Hygiene of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta met a delegation coming from Nantes European Green Capital 2013, in Torino to plan a future exhibition on our territory in relation to such award.

October 19th 2012 - Delegation of Sofia - Bulgaria

The Deputy Mayor in charge of Development, Innovation, Environment, Green and Public Hygiene of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta met the Deputy Mayor in charge of Ecology and Soil Exploitation of the City of Sofia Maria Boyadzhiyska, the Vice President of the Municipal Council of Sofia Nikolay Stoynev and the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Bulgaria in Torino Gianni Stornello, in Torino for some technical visits.

October 18th-19th 2012 - Delegation of Utrecht - Netherlands

The Central Division for International Activities and Youth of the City of Torino met a delegation of the City of Utrecht, to define the contents of the future cooperation in the field of culture between the two cities, on the occasion of the celebrations that will be held in 2013 for the 300th anniversary of the signature of the Treaty of Utrecht.

September 21st 2012 - Consul General of France

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the new Consul General of France in Torino Edith Ravaux and the new Director of the Alliance Française Torino Frédéric Bouilleux.

September 20th 2012 - Dutch real estate agencies visiting Torino

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino, the Vice Mayor of the City of Torino Tom Dealessandri and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Town Planning Policies and Integration Policies of the City of Torino Ilda Curti met a delegation of members of some Dutch real estate agencies, in Torino for some focuses on large urban transformations. The delegation carried out different technical visits and was welcomed at the Urban Centre Metropolitano. The visit was organized in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce, the Piemonte Agency for Investments, Export and Tourism and the Law Firm Pontecorvi Mannaerts & Triboldi.

August 3rd 2012 - Delegation of Pécs - Hungary

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe met a delegation from Pécs led by the Mayor Zsolt Pava and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture Peter Hoppal, in Torino to pick up the baton of the event Europa Cantat, which in 2015 will be held in the Magyar city.

August 2nd 2012 - Delegation of Graz - Austria

The Central Division for International Activities and Youth of the City of Torino met a delegation from Graz, in Torino to acquire more information on the Europa Cantat Festival.

July 27th 2012 - Delegation of Utrecht - Netherlands

The Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe met a delegation coming from Utrecht and led by the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture Frits Lintmeijer to discuss the cooperation between the two cities on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht.

July 13th 2012 - Delegation of Cologne - Germany

The Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe met a delegation coming from Cologne, in Torino to suggest a scientific cooperation for restoring, reorganizing and digitalizing the Historic Archive of the City, collapsed in 2009.

July 11th 2012 - Consul General and Honorary Consul of the Republic of Hungary

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Consul General of the Republic of Hungary in Milan Istvàn Manno, together with the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Hungary in Torino Renato Martorelli.

June 25th-26th 2012 - Delegation of Nantes Métropole - France

The Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe met a delegation from Nantes Métropole in Torino to discuss the cooperation between the two Cities within the framework of Nantes European Green Capital 2013.

June 20th 2012 - Consul General of the Republic of Romania

The Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino, met the Consul General of the Republic of Romania in Torino Alexander Mugurel Buje.

June 12th 2012 - Students from Chambéry - France

The President of the City Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris met a group of students from the Primary School Caffe of Chambéry, within the framework of the friendship and twinning relations which historically link the two cities.

June 9th 2012 - Tallinn-Montercarlo Electric Marathon 2012: delegation (Estonia) and event

The Deputy Mayor in charge of District Decentralization, Equal Opportunities and Procurement and Office Services of the City of Torino, Maria Cristina Spinosa and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Development, Innovation, Environment, Green and Public Hygiene of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta met the Mayor of Tallin Edgar Savisaar in Torino within the framework of the Tallinn-Montecarlo Electric Marathon 2012.

June 7th-9th 2012 - Nantes Metropole - France

The Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino met a delegation from Nantes Metropole, in Torino to develop actions of cultural cooperation between the two territories.

May 30th-31st 2012 - Institutional delegation from Albania

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met an institutional delegation coming from the Albania to Torino on the occasion of the workshop "Albania: perspectives and opportunities for cooperation in the fields of environment, energy, infrastructures" organized at the Lingotto by the Piemonte Agency for Investments, Export and Tourism in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Development and Unioncamere. The Albanian delegation also met delegates from Iren, Smat, Amiat, Turismo Torino.

May 29th-June 1st - Delegation of Marseille - France

Several Services of the City of Torino met a delegation of technicians and officers of the City of Marseille interested in analyzing different issues related to urban development: innovation and development, town planning and transformations, traffic management.

May 25th 2012 - Barcelona (Spain) and Busan (South Korea) at Le Città Visibili-Smart City Festival

The Deputy Mayor in charge of Development, Innovation, Environment, Green and Public Hygiene of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta, the Deputy Mayor in charge of Town Planning Policies and Integration Policies of the City of Torino Ilda Curti and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino met delegates of the city of Barcelona and Busan in Torino as guests of the "Le Città Visibili-Smart City Festival" to take part in the first edition of the international prize Areté Urban Innovation.

May 22nd-24th 2012 - Delegation of the Republic of Macedonia and signature of the Agreement with Skopje

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino, the President of the City Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino, met a large economic delegation from the Republic of Macedonia, led by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedoni Nikola Gruevski. The Macedonian mission has been the occasion for signing an Agreement with the City of Skopje, represented by the Mayor Koce Trajanovski.

May 11th 2012 - Delegation of Elk - Poland

The President of the City Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris met a delegation coming from Elk, led by the Mayor Tomasz Andrukiewicz, the Vice Mayor Kamil Buksa and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture and Families Konrad Siemienkiewicz.

April 17th 2012 - Helsinki World Design Capital 2012 - Finland

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Director of Helsinki World Design Capital 2012 for a confrontation on the previous experience Torino World Design Capital 2008 and in order to plan some joint initiatives during 2012.

April 13th 2012 - Provence Promotion - France

Different Services of the City of Torino met the Director of Provence Promotion in order to discuss about urban development and promotion.

April 10th 2012 - Ambassador and Consul General of France

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Diplomatic Adviser Franco Giordano met the Ambassador of France in Italy Alain Le Roy and the Consul General of France in Torino and Genoa Véronique Vouland-Aneini.

March 27th 2012 - Ambassador and Consul General of the Kingdom of Denmark

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark in Italy Birger Riis-Jørgensen and the Consul General of the Kingdom of Denmark in Milan Steen Thorsted, in Torino for a convention at the European Training Foundation within the framework of the Danish EU Council Presidency semester.

March 22nd 2012 - Delegation from SERL Lyon - France

The Town Planning Directorate of the City of Torino meets a delegation of representatives of the private-public partnership company SERL (Société d'Equipement du Rhône et de Lyon) to discuss about large urban transformations.

March 20th 2012 - Delegation from Granollers - Spain

The Deputy Mayor in charge of Environment and Smart City of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta met a delegation coming from Granollers, led by the Vice Mayor Jordi Terrades Santacreu and the Deputy Mayor in charge of Culture Alba Barnusell, in Torino to study its urban transformations and the Smart City initiative.

March 14th 2012 - Delegation of relatives of the Kursk victims - Russian Federation

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met a delegation of relatives of the victims of the Kursk submarine, in Torino for the presentation of a short memorial poem on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of its sinking.

March 8th 2012 - Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia in Italy Velibor Atanasovski Topaloski.

March 6th-9th 2012 - Delegation from Cegléd - Hungary

The President of the City Council of the City of Torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris met a delegation from Cegléd, led by the Vice Mayor Agota Hegedus, in Torino to discuss an eventual partnership for future cultural exchanges, especially within the field of the common history of the Risorgimento and related to the prominent figure of Lajos Kossuth.

February 22nd 2012 - Mayor of Riga

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Mayor of the City of Riga Nils Usakovs.

February 1st -5th 2012 - Delegation of citizens from Lyon

A group of ten citizens from the metropolitan area of Grand Lyon, accompanied by two officers of the administration, has been received in Torino. They visited the urban transformations of Torino and the main initiatives promoted in the city districts.

February 1st 2012 - Ambassador of the Russian Federation

The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Italy Alexey Meshkov.

February 1st 2012 - Deputy Mayor for culture of Lyon

The Deputy Mayor for culture of the City of Torino Maurizio Braccialarghe met the Deputy Mayor for culture of the City of Lyon Georges Képénékian, accompanied by some representatives of the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Lyon.




Text written by The International Affairs Service. For more information international.affairs@comune.torino.it