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EU Industry Days 2025

Folco Ciulli

Executive Director, European Chemical Regions Network (ECRN)

Folco

Folco Ciulli is an expert in European affairs with 25 years of experience in the field of institutional relations management, legislative monitoring and lobbying. He has held the role of Advisor for Industrial and Environmental Policies at the Delegation of the Lombardy Region to the EU and is Executive Director of the European Chemical Regions Network (ECRN). His career has been characterized by his ability to build strategic alliances and high-level advocacy networks. He has coordinated multidisciplinary teams for the drafting of proposals addressed to EU institutions and supported companies and organizations in obtaining European funding for projects worth a total of over 150 million euros. With a strong expertise in the areas of chemistry, energy, transport and the environment, he has developed a great capacity for negotiation and a strategic approach to problem solving. Fluent in four languages (Italian, English, French and Spanish), he operates effectively in international contexts, maintaining a strong focus on the objectives of sustainable development and industrial innovation. Since 2019 he has been a lecturer on the master’s degree in Lobbying and European Project Planning at ISPI and a lecturer on courses on European affairs at Bocconi University and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.