Silvio Gonzato started his career at the EU in 1988.
He is currently Ambassador, Head of the European Union Delegation to Albania.
He was previously Ambassador and Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations in New York.
Prior to that he worked at the European External Action Service in Brussels as Director for Human Rights and Democracy. In this capacity he was responsible for the organization and contents of all HR- related dialogues and consultations between the EU and partner countries (over 40 of them), the development of policy guidelines, and guidance to EU bilateral and multilateral delegations in matters pertaining to HR and democracy support. He was also responsible for Election Observation activities.
In September 2015, he was appointed Director for Interinstitutional relations, Policy coordination and Public diplomacy at the EEAS. His responsibilities covered relations with all EU institutions, representation of the EEAS in negotiations having institutional or legal implications, preparation of the meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council, public diplomacy activities and strategic communication issues, including activities aimed at fighting information manipulation from foreign sources.
