Europe
As part of the Torino iCapital's Torino EIC Days initiative, the city welcomed Michiel Scheffer, the chairman of the European Innovation Council (EIC) steering committee, to CTE NEXT. This involved two days of immersion in the local ecosystem, including deep tech, research centres, universities, accelerators and investors.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo welcomed Matti Lassila, the Finnish Ambassador to Italy, to the City Hall, in town for official business.
Vice Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed a delegation from the Committee for European and International Affairs of the Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia to City Hall. The delegation was led by Wiltrud Kern, Deputy Consul General of Germany in Milan, and Stefan Engstfeld, Member of the Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia and head of delegation.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo met a delegation from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region, led by President Fabrice Pannekoucke, for an institutional visit.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favara welcomed the Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Milan, Agnieszka Gloria Kamińska, to the City Hall, accompanied by the Honorary Consul of Poland in Torino Ulrico Leiss de Leimburg for an institutional greeting.
A delegation made up of representatives of the Chambéry Culture Directorate went to Torino for a series of meetings and exchanges with technicians and directors of important Torino's cultural institutions.
A delegation of high school principals from Lviv went to Torino for visits and institutional meetings for further information on the topic of educational services.
Mayor Stefano Lo Russo met the Mayor of Kharkiv Ihor Terekhov at the City Hall. The discussion represented an opportunity to underline the availability of the City of Torino for international cooperation and solidarity with the war-affected Ukrainian community.
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.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro attended a meeting organized by the Consulate General of Romania in Torino, in collaboration with institutional and university bodies and some Romania’s leading companies, to offer Italian and Romanian companies opportunities for cooperation in a more effective economic and commercial network.
A delegation from the Chambéry Culture Department travelled to Torino on a mission aimed at strengthening cultural collaboration between the two cities. The visit included meetings and exchanges on the topic of culture for young audiences, as well as on the operating models of Turin's cultural institutions to explore new synergies and co-production possibilities.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro welcomed the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Milan, Susanne Welter, to the City Hall for an institutional visit.
As part of the twinning that has linked the City of Torino and the City of Glasgow since 2003, the Ensemble Xenia Association organized the New Year's Mini Chamber Music Course in collaboration with the Sermig Sound Laboratory.
Deputy Mayor Michela Favaro met with the Interim Director of UNICRI - United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Institute, Leif Villadsen, and the Honourable Minister Marco Giungi, Head of the Unit for Global Multilateral Development Cooperation Strategies and Processes of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the occasion of an institutional visit.