2013
Within the programme of Un Natale coi Fiocchi and in the framework of the cooperation between the cities of Torino and Saint Petersburg, the Foundation Teatro Ragazzi Giovani Onlus organised at the Archivio di Stato the exhibition "Saint Petersburg from vanguards to Perestrojka" by Marina Jigarhanjan and Afrodite Oikonomidou and the theatre production company Neva-art proposed to the City of Torino to host the 2013 edition of the theatre festival for youngsters Saint Petersburg for Kids, at the La Casa del Teatro Ragazzi.
the President of the Municipal Council of the City of torino Giovanni Maria Ferraris and the Ambassador of Poland in Italy Wojciech Ponikiewski brough their respective greetings at the inauguration, on November 6th at the Torino Incontra Congress Centre, of the Polish days, a set of initiatives called "Festival of new technologies: discover Poland".
The Transport and Metropolitan Area Deputy Mayor's Office and the International Affairs Service of the City of Torino, in cooperation with the Politecnico, welcomed for the third year the electric marathon a green punctuality race of e-vehicles across 11 countries and 36 cities in Europe. The afternoon stop in Torino was exploited to recharge the batteries before the evening leg Torino-Cuneo.
The 1991 Nobel Prize for peace, Aung San Suu Kyi, was received, in the presence of the highest civil and military authorities, in the Red Hall, for the award of the honorary citizenship, approved with a motion on June 14th 2010, for her political commitment in Burma aiming at affirming the principles of democracy, peace and protection of human rights and at ensuring a government system based on truth, justice and kindness.
The City of Torino welcomed, on October 20th at the Teatro Vittoria, Juha Pentikäinen, Professor of nordic Ethnography and Science of Religion at the University of Lapland and Helsinki, who inaugurated a cycle of conferences to present his last paper "The Kalevala mythology".
Rotterdam, twin city since 1958, launched the first edition of the wine & food event World Food Festival and dedicated a week end to Piedmont's special dishes to promote the Salone del Gusto.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Amb. Franco Giordano, Diplomatic Advisor of the City of Torino, met the Secretary General of the Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry, Amb. Michele Valensise.
whithin the framework of the European project Central Markets, financed by the Territorial Cooperation Programme Central Europe, on October 10th and 11th the Farmers' Shelter market in Repubblica Square at Porta Palazzo hosted the first edition of the fair Cinema at the Market.
The Urban Planning Directorate and the International Affairs Department and European Projects of the City of Torino oganised the first dissemination day of the European project Climate Neutral Urban Districts in Europe financed by the INTERREG IVC Operational Programme. The meeting took place at the Urban Centre Metropolitano and the day was introduced by speeches of the Deputy Mayor in charge of Development, Innovation, Environment, Green and Public Hygiene of the City of Torino Enzo Lavolta and the Deputy Mayor in charge of the General Masterplan, Urban Policies and Private Building Stefano Lo Russo. More info on the project are available on the CLUE website.
Torino hosted the third edition of the International Participants Meeting of Expo Milan 2015. On October 3rd and 4th delegations from more than one hundred different Countries took part in the traditional two-days event dedicated to the Universal Exhibition 2015.
The meeting of the joint initiative EUROCITIES & Open society Foundation was held in Torino. The initiative's aim is the exchange of good practices among European cities in the field of Roms' inclusion. Besides Torino, Grenoble and three Romanian partner took part in the event.
More than 100 people, on June 18th at the Congress Centre Torino Incontra, took part in the first annual conferenc of the European project PUMAS-Planning sustainable regional-Urban Mobility in the AlpS, within the framework of the Transnational Territorial Cooperation Programme Alpine Space.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met the Consul General of the Swiss Confederation in Milan, Massimo Baggi, and the Honorary Consul of the Swiss Confederation in Torino Giacomo Büchi, on the occasion of the first stage of the "Casa Svizzera" road show, held at the City Hall and anticipating the Expo 2015.
UNICRI, UN-Habitat and the City of Torino organized at the United Nations Campus the International Forum of Mayors on Crime Prevention and Security, opened by a speech of the Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino.
On April 17th at the Foyer of the Teatro Regio, the Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino presented the programme of the International Activities of the City 2013-15 and the Report of the International Activities 2012.