2016
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino opened the 53th World Congress of Landscape Architects, organised by the World Federation IFLA, the Italian association AIAPP and the City of Torino.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Deputy Mayor in charge of the General Masterplan, Urban Policies and Private Building of the City of Torino Stefano Lo Russo opened the international convention "Beyond the border. Portraits of 4 European cities for Torino", proposed by Urban Center Metropolitano, Politecnico di Torino, the Order of Architects PPC of the Province of Torino and the Foundation for architecture / Torino.
The President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella and the President of the Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Gauck took part, on Wednesday13th of April at the Teatro Regio, in the final session of the second edition of the Italian-German High Level Dialogue.
On the occasion of the presentation of the book Myanmar. Where China meets India Torino welcomed the author Thant Myint U.
The Mayor of the City of torino Piero Fassino met the Ambassador of Portugal in Italy Manuel Lobo Antunes, in Torino to take part in the event Sostiene Pereira, at the Agnelli theatre, within the framework of the initiative Portugal and Italy two freedoms - April 25th and the carnation revolution.
The representatives of the Council of Europe, like in 2014, chose Torino for their working sessions. The main one was the Interparliamentary Conference on the European Social Charter hosted at the City Hall on March 17th, then followed, at the auditorium of the University of Torino at the Cavallerizza Reale, by the forum, organised with the cooperation of the Council of Europe and the Chamber of Deputies, on the extremely actual subject of social rights.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino opened, at the auditorium of the Einaudi Campus, the seminar External Action of the European Union: the impact on the process of economic transition in Myanmar.
Ten years after the event that changed the face and the fate of Torino, the Winter Olympic Games 2006, a celebration to bring back the intoxicating atmosphere the city lived that winter.
Torino hosted the final seminar of the projetc JCVG - Jovens Contra a Violencia De Genero, after three years of work that involved operators and peer educators from Mozambique, Capo Verde, Brazil, Italy, Spain and Romania.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino met a delegation of Kirkuk consisting of the Mayor of the City of Kirkuk Ali Hassan Sardar and the President of the Chamber of Commerce Sabahaladain Mohammed S. Tawfek Al Salihi. During the visit on February 17th the two Mayors signed a Cooperation Agreement in the academic, technical and health fields between the two territories.
The partners of the SocialCar project, financed by the European programme Horizon 2020, met in Torino to discuss the strategy to be implemented in the upcoming two years of joint activities.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino opened the second edition of the summit of the European metropolitan authorities, organised by the City of Torino, the Metropolitan City of Torino and the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and the Mayor of the City of Tirana Erion Veliaj signed a Cooperation Agreement between the two cities. The agreement resumes a path started in 2009 with a first letter of intent that aimed at reinforcing the bonds between the two realities.
From February 7th to 14th in Torino the therd edition of the Northern Lands Torino Festival, a unique cultural event in Italy dedicated to the cultures and traditions of northern Europe. Among the main events, on February 7th, at 17.00, the opening concert at the Villa Tesoriera - Biblioteca civica musicale A. Della Corte, Corso Francia 186, subject to mandatory reservation on the website of the event, and on February 14th, at 17.00, the closing concert at the Teatro Vittoria, Via A. Gramsci 4, on a first come first served basis. An integral part of the Festival is the exhibition Northern Lands. Depth, in the hall of the Biblioteca civica centrale, Via della Cittadella 5, from February 1st to 27th. The complete programme of the initiatives is available on www.terredelnord.com.
The Mayor of the City of Torino Piero Fassino and Alexandre Pereira, representing the Mayor of Fortaleza Roberto Cláudio Rodrigues Bezerra, subscribed a Cooperation Agreement aiming at activating an exchange of good practices in the field of smart cities, within the framework of the initiative Torino Living Lab, a domain in which the Brazilian city already has experience thanks to the similar initiative Planet Idea.