Foreign delegations to Torino Europe
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.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo welcomed the Ambassador of Latvia, Elita Gavele, accompanied by Honorary Consul Umberto Romano, to the City Hall for an institutional meeting.
Deputy Mayor for Culture Rosanna Purchia received a delegation at the City Hall led by Ambassador of Ireland Elizabeth McCullough and Consul General Maria Sheehy, who were visiting Torino for the Irish Tech Day – Space Tech event.
Mayor Lo Russo received Mario Nava, Director General of the European Commission's Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion DG, at the Town Hall for an institutional visit.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed to the City Hall the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to Italy Dalia Kreivienė, the Deputy Mayor of Vilnius Simona Bieliune, and the Vilnius City Councilor Vygintas Gasparavicius, who was visiting Torino for an artist residency offered by the Lithuanian capital to two artists identified in Artissima.
The City of Torino hosted the meeting of the Executive Committee of the EFUS network - European Forum for Urban Security and the conference “Deactivating Fear. The use of edged weapons among adolescents. European cities compared, between real phenomenon and moral panic” held at the ITC ILO. Marco Porcedda, Deputy Mayor for Legality and Security of Torino and Willy Demeyer, Mayor of Liège, participated in the event.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed the Consul General of the United Kingdom in Milan, Kassim Ramji, at the City Hall. The meeting was an opportunity to explore possible opportunities for collaboration between institutions.
The Chairwoman of the City Council Maria Grazia Grippo met with the President of the Cologne-Torino Twinning Association and several members for an institutional meeting.
The Deputy Mayor for Urban Planning, Paolo Mazzoleni, met with a technical delegation from the City of Helsinki at Urban Lab. The delegation was visiting Torino for a series of meetings and site visits dedicated to urban regeneration issues.