Natale Forlani
President and CEO, Italy Lavorso Spa
Natale Forlani is currently Director General of DG Immigration at the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies.
He has a long-standing experience in labour market policies: in 1972 he started as trade unionist in the sector of construction (FILCA CISL). He has been appointed in several posts at national and international level (ETUC) in the construction confederation, and he was confederated Secretary within CISL (Italian Confederation of Workers’ Trade Union) from 1991 to 1998.
From 1995 to 1999 he was appointed in the Supervisory Board of INAIL (National Social Insurance Institute).
In 1999 member of the Board of Italia Lavoro, where he became Managing Director in 2000. In 2008 he became President and CEO. Italia Lavoro is the National Agency of the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policies for the promotion of and implementation of actions and programs in the field of active labour market policies and social inclusion.
Together with Marco Biagi and other authors he was one of the contributors of the White Book on Labour.
He is editor for several newspapers on labour issues. Furthermore he has intervened in seminars and conferences on industrial relations issues, employment, labour market policies and organisation.