Foreign delegations to Torino North and South America, Oceania
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo welcomed a delegation from the US Consul General Carla Fleharty at the City Hall, accompanied by Vice Consul for Political and Economic Affairs Lindsay Harrison, in Torino for an official visit.
Mayor Lo Russo welcomed a delegation from the German Marshall Fund at the City Hall. The meeting was an opportunity to showcase local policies on innovation, urban transformation, sustainability, and social inclusion, as well as to strengthen Torino's presence in transatlantic cooperation networks.
The Deputy Maoyr for Trade Paolo Chiavarino met with Felipe Garcia, Director of Food Capitals, as part of the European network Délice. Garcia participated in the panel Food, business, and work: good, clean, and fair, which was part of the Terra Madre programme.
The historic center of Torino hosted Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, the most important international event dedicated to good, clean, and fair food and food policies, which celebrated the value of biodiversity in all its dimensions: natural, agricultural, gastronomic, cultural, and social.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed an Argentine delegation at the City Hall gathered to remember Taty Almeida, a historic member of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo, who passed away last June and had been an honorary citizen of Turin since 2007.
Within the framework of cooperation with AVEIT – Asociación Vocacional de Estudiantes e Ingenieros Tecnológicos of Córdoba and thanks to the twinning agreement with the Argentine city, the City of Torino welcomed a delegation of engineering students and recent graduates.
The City Hall hosted 30 Mayors from 17 European countries for the Mayors Reunion, the summit of the Bloomberg LSE European City Leadership Initiative, a program aimed at local leaders to tackle challenges like the housing emergency, climate transition, mobility, and urban innovation.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed Miguel Ángel Vásquez Peña, Consul General of the Dominican Republic in Milan, to the City Hall for an institutional visit.
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.
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.
Deputy Mayor for Culture Rosanna Purchia met with Claudia Barattini, Cultural Secretary of the International Italian-Latin American Organization, in Torino for an institutional visit on the occasion of the States General of Culture.
The City of Torino welcomed a technical delegation from the City of Vaughan, led by the Director of the Economic Development Division, interested in learning about local policies for organizing major events, particularly dedicated to food.
Mayor Lo Russo welcomed a Brazilian delegation from Campo Grande to the City Hall. The delegation looked forward to an upcoming visit by the Mayor to the Brazilian city to strengthen institutional relations and promote bilateral exchanges and collaborations.
Vice Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed Carlos Bezerra Junior, Councillor for the City of São Paulo, at the Civic Hall. The meeting paved the way for possible collaborations between Torino and Brazil on the increasingly important issue of housing policies and their social impact.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro met with a delegation from South American countries, including entrepreneurs, public administration officials, university professors, and collaborators on United Nations projects, in Italy for a Higher Education program focused on the Civil Economy and labor policies.