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The City of Torino has joined the Global Coalition for Social Justice promoted by the ILO - International Labor Organization. The Coalition focuses on the transformative power of social justice in promoting cohesive and productive societies, reducing poverty, hunger, inequalities and social tensions.
The City of Torino participated in Strasbourg in the annual meeting of the UNESCO World Book Capitals network and in the international conference "Ecology of Books". The event also represented an opportunity for institutional meetings and visits to the local library system. Torion joined the network in 2022.
ECCAR - European Coalition of Cities Against Racism network has launched a new working group on equality, inclusion and participation of Roma with a virtual kick off meeting. The City of Torino joined the network in 2020.
The City of Torino participated in Trondheim, Norway, in the launch event of the ClimaGen project, financed by the Horizon Europe programme, which unites 9 European cities (Belgrade, Gdansk, Tartu, Torino, Trondheim, Cluj-Napoca, Eindhoven, Gernika and Thessaloniki) to improve climate resilience and support the transition to low-carbon cities and regions.
During the Eurocities Digital Forum Meeting in Bordeaux, the City of Torino took part in the Digital Forum Labs, created to develop common solutions on the topics of innovation and urban development. Torino was selected as coordinator of a lab on ethical boards for emerging technologies and AI. The other members of the lab are the Cities of Eindhoven, Helsinki, Cologne and Amsterdam.
The City of Torino participated in the final event of the European Scale-UP and Move21 projects in Brussels. "Next steps towards cities as green and connected nodes for urban mobility" was the title of the conference dedicated to transport services, encouraging change, travel methods and integration between data and sustainable logistics.
The City of Torino participated in the Italian SERR Awards in Rome (European Week for Waste Reduction) as a finalist for the "Public Administrations" category with the action "RE-TASTE TORINO | all the taste of circular food in the city", a contest linked to the creation of an anti-waste recipe book and an investigation on the topic of food waste. The initiative is promoted by the Quality, Environment and European Funds divisions and supported by the Department of the Environment and Ecological Transition of the City of Torino.
The City of Torino participated in the first meeting of the European SPOON project in Wuppertal, an opportunity for discussion on the topic of "food and citizen science", addressed in the various cities of the project.
As part of the TrialsNet project, augmented and virtual reality experiences were tested in Palazzo Madama, Gallery of Modern Art, Renaissance Museum and Pietro Micca Museum. New technologies make spaces such as the Subalpine Parliament and Pietro Micca's underground galleries accessible, offering virtual itineraries rich in content and ideas starting from specific works of art.
The City of Torino, leader of the SEED2SCALE project, participated in the European meeting of the Competence Centers of all Member States which was held in Vilnius for an exchange of knowledge, tools, experiences and good practices between those at European level who contribute to the implementation of the European Social Fund.
The project "Networks at work: shared paths for young people and women in Senegal", of which the City of Torino is a partner, ended in Thiès. Three days of sharing the results obtained and deepening on the theme of access to decent work for young people and women in Senegal.
Torino hosted the General Assembly of Climaborough, the European project that promotes innovative solutions for climate transition in cities. For Torino, it was an opportunity to present the two experiments activated on the theme of the circular economy.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed the Consul General of the Republic of Austria, Wolfgang Lukas Strohmayer, at the City Hall. The meeting focused on the importance of establishing reciprocal links between cultural foundations and developing relations between professional, commercial and economic organizations.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro met the Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Italy, Christophe Schiltz, during a visit to the Honorary Consulate of Torino. It was an opportunity to meet with local institutions to promote new synergies between the two territories.
The City of Torino hosted the sixth transnational meeting of the European FEMACT-Cities project, an initiative that promotes gender equality in European cities. During the event, which was attended by Jacopo Rosatelli, Deputy Mayor for Social Policies and Equal Opportunities, the City's services dedicated to gender equality and the fight against violence against women were presented.