COMMITMENT IN ACTION

On each of our projects, we work to foster sound ethics, participation and consensus, environmental awareness, good governance, the sustainability of services and the quality of the solutions we design. This is our way of helping to change the world and making it a more inclusive and fairer place.

IMPROVING ACCESS TO WATER AND HYGIENE IN MEXICO

Evaluation / Hydraulics (drinking water, wastewater treatment) / Latin America and the Caribbean / Mexico

Data collection and analysis in Nuevo León and Chihuaha

DRINKING WATER SUPPLY FOR MADAGASCAR’S CAPITAL

Africa / Madagascar / Water resources

Drawing up a drinking water supply master plan for Greater Antananarivo

MINI-GRIDS IN HAITI

Economics (financial analysis) / Haïti / Latin America and the Caribbean

Willingness-to-pay survey for the implementation of electricity mini-grids in Haiti

ACTIONS TO COMBAT THE SALINISATION OF GROUNDWATER

Africa / Tunisia / Water resources

Studying coastal water resources and the impact of rising sea levels in the context of climate change

INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN MALI

Africa / Mali / Water resources

Development of the Water Development and Management Plan for the transboundary Sourou River basin (Malian section)

A MORE RESILIENT WATER SECTOR IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN BURUNDI

Africa / Burundi / Water resources

Strengthening the sustainability and resilience of water services in rural communities

TOWARDS BETTER SANITATION IN ANTANANARIVO

Africa / Hydraulics (drinking water, wastewater treatment) / Madagascar

Project management for the Integrated Sanitation Programme for Antananarivo (PIAA) in Madagascar

REHABILITATION OF HYDRAULIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN SOUTHERN MADAGASCAR

Africa / Madagascar / Water resources

Studies of water resources at the Mandrare-Sampona and Ampotaka-Beloha pipeline abstraction points

Juriste spécialiste des sujets liés à la gestion des ressources en eau, l’assainissement, l’accès à l’eau potable, les modes de gouvernance de ces services et les droits des populations à y accéder, Laure-Elise s’attache très tôt à des études de cas comme ceux de l’Afrique du Sud, du Bengladesh, ou de la Corée du Sud. Récompensée par un prix Jeune Leader de l’Eau au cours de son master, elle poursuit ses recherches en se focalisant sur les enjeux nationaux et transfrontaliers soulevés par les barrages du fleuve Mékong. En travaillant sur des pays de l’organisation de bassin (Thaïlande, Laos, Cambodge, Vietnam) et des pays riverains (Chine, Myanmar), elle adresse les problématiques de ces aménagements et leurs impacts environnementaux, sociaux et économiques en termes de gouvernance, de droit national et international et de gestion de la ressource avec une approche interconnectée. Elle s’intéresse en particulier aux impacts sociaux et étudie les dispositions de relocalisation des populations, les recours institutionnels et juridiques dont elles disposent dans le cas d’enjeux transfrontaliers de défense des droits à l’eau. Très investie dans la logique de développement durableraisonné, Laure-Elise promeut la recherche du compromis en réponse aux problématiques économiques, sociales et environnementales liées à ces grands investissements.

Elle publie plusieurs articles académiques et intervient au XVIIème Congrès Mondial de l’Eau sur les enjeux posés par ces barrages, aussi bien en Asie qu’en Afrique, tout en préconisant des adaptations concrètes en matière de politique d’hydroélectricité et de développement durable.

Forte d’une expérience en matière de sensibilisation et de plaidoyer concernant les usages domestiques de l’eau, elle rejoint l’ONG Greencross International dans le département Water For Life and Peace pour contribuer à la formulation d’un projet de renforcement de la gestion du bassin versant du Jourdain. Laure-Elise veille à une approche inclusive et écosystémique du bassin, intégrant ses acteurs, ses enjeux et ses différentes échelles de gouvernance. Membre de l’AIDA, elle représente occasionnellement l’association auprès de l’Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme de l’UNESCO. En 2025, elle rejoint Hydroconseil et met ses capacités d’analyse comparative et d’adaptation aux contextes institutionnels et de gouvernance des ressources en eau, au service des Clients du groupe Global Development.

As a legal expert specialising in water resource, sanitation and water supply management, service governance and people’s rights to access these services, Laure-Elise has been involved in case studies in countries such as South Africa, Bangladesh and South Korea. Awarded a Young Water Leader prize during her Master’s studies, she continued her research by focusing on the national and cross-border issues raised by the Mekong River dams. Working in both basin organisation countries (Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam) and neighbouring countries (China, Myanmar), she used an inter-connected approach to examine the issues posed by these dams and explore their environmental, social and economic impacts on governance, national and international law and resource management. She particularly focused on the social impacts and studied the resettlement provisions put in place for affected communities, as well as the institutional and legal measures available to help affected communities advocate for their water rights the event of cross-border issues. A strong believer in sustainable development, Laure-Elise advocated for compromise when responding to the economic, social and environmental problems associated with these major dam investment programmes.

Laure-Elise has published a number of academic papers and spoke at the 17th World Water Congress, highlighting the issues created by dams, both in Asia and Africa, while recommending tangible adjustments to sustainable development and hydropower policy.

Having built up extensive experience of raising awareness and lobbying on domestic water use, she joined the Water For Life and Peace department of the NGO Greencross International, where she helped formulate a project to improve management of the Jordan river basin. Laure-Elise ensured that the project took an inclusive and eco-systemic approach to river basin management, which included all its stakeholders, issues and governance levels. As a member of AIDA, she occasionally represents the association at UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme. In 2025, Laure-Elise joined Hydroconseil, where she is providing support to our Global Development Group clients using her skills in comparative analysis and adaptation to improve water resource institutional set-ups and governance.