2026
As part of the TAIEX program, on behalf of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and in collaboration with the Western Regional Development Agency of Romania, the City of Torino welcomed a delegation of technicians to Torino Urban Lab for meetings, study visits and workshops dedicated to sustainable urban regeneration.
Carlotta Salerno, Deputy Mayor in charge of Educational and youth policies, welcomed the Ambassador of Peru to Italy, Manuel Cacho Sousa Velázquez, accompanied by the diplomatic adviser Vanessa Bohorquez and the Consul General in Torino, Ezio Valfré Hernández, on a visit for a series of institutional meetings.
A technical delegation from the Development Bank of Japan and the Japan Economic Research Institute was received at the City Hall by Deputy Director General Antonino Calvano and the CEO of Iren Energia Giuseppe Bergesio for an in-depth study of the Italian experience of multiutility and the integration of multiple infrastructural services under a single operational governance.
To celebrate the Lunar New Year, Torino lit up the Mole Antonelliana with the Chinese character for “Fortune”, marking the beginning of two weeks of events dedicated to tradition, intercultural dialogue, and community participation for the Year of the Fire Horse.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo received a delegation led by Erin Mendenhall Mayor of Salt Lake City, at the City Hall. The American city is preparing to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2034 and the delegation visited some Olympic venues, including Palavela and Inalpi Arena, as well as Palazzo Madama and the Royal Palace.
Carlotta Salerno, Deputy Mayor for Educational Services, and Rosanna Purchia, Deputy Mayor for Culture, met at the City Hall with Taghreed Alsaraj, Director General of Education and Talent Development at the Saudi Museums Commission, to explore collaborations in the training of museum and cultural services managers.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro received a delegation led by Ryszard Schnepf, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland. The meeting was an opportunity to discuss the internationalization processes of businesses, the management and enhancement of the territory, and the development of mountain tourism.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro met with Paola Babos, Deputy Director of the ILO, at the City Hall during an official visit.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo received at the City Hall Yassine Dadi, Consul General of the Kingdom of Morocco in Torino, and Lemrhoti Loubna, Vice Consul, as part of an official visit.
Rosanna Purchia, Deputy Mayor for Culture, welcomed a delegation of Cultural Engineering students from the Sorbonne University of Paris at the City Hall, who were interested in learning about the functioning of the cultural system in Torino.
At the Urban Lab headquarters, the Deputy Mayor for Urbanism Paolo Mazzoleni received a delegation of students as part of the workshop "Post-industrial Transition and Urban Transformations," within the international master's program "Governing Ecological Transitions in Cities (GETIC)," organized by the Urban School of Sciences Po, the largest European school dedicated to urban studies based in Paris, in collaboration with the Politecnico di Torino.
As part of the twinning that has linked the City of Torino and the City of Glasgow since 2003, the Ensemble Xenia Association has organized the New Year's Chamber Music Mini Course in collaboration with the Sermig Sound Laboratory.