Europe 2026
Mayor Lo Russo welcomed the Ambassador of France to Italy, Anne-Marie Descôtes, at the City Hall, accompanied by the Consul General in Milan François Bonet and the Honorary Consul in Torino Emanuele Chieli, for an institutional meeting.
The Vice Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed the Chargé d’Affaires of the United Kingdom in Italy and San Marino, David Burton, accompanied by the Consul General in Milan, Kassim Ramji. At the center of the discussion was the shared desire to strengthen industrial and academic ties in a period of deep economic and geopolitical transformation.
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.
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.
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.