Leonardo Dongiovanni

Leonardo Dongiovanni is a programme manager in the European Commission’s DG EAC Unit B3 (Youth and Volunteer Solidarity). He is responsible for the European Solidarity Corps interim evaluation and EAC contact point with the RAY Network.

Leonardo joined the Commission in 2017 as policy officer on rail safety and interoperability, working on skills policies for transport workers and young apprentices. His interest for young generations triggered his move to DG EAC in 2022.

He has a degree in environmental economics from the University of Pescara (2005). After a traineeship at the United Nations in Vienna (2006), Leonardo took a postgraduate master’s degree in environment, marketing and quality at the Strategies Business School in Rome (2007). In 2008 Leonardo moved to Brussels to work as a political advisor at the Association of European Rail Infrastructure Managers (EIM). Before joining the Commission, he was Public Affairs Manager at UNIFE, the Association of the European Rail Industry and Executive Secretary of Rail Forum Europe for six years (2011-2017).