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LAIGNEAU Patrick

Patrick Laigneau, water engineer and anthropologist, has worked and studied for water agencies in France, Burkina Faso and Brazil for 25 years.
After studying at INP-ENSE3 in Grenoble (1995), he began his career at the Rhone-Mediterranean-Corsica Water Agency, and became technical advisor to the General Director of Hydraulics in Burkina Faso in 2001. He then undertook studies in social anthropology in Brazil, where he worked as a consultant and researcher on projects concerning the governance, planning and financing of water management. He also coordinated technical exchanges between French and Brazilian water agencies.
Since 2020, back in France, he continues his research about the history of water agencies and diversifies his activities in institutional cooperation.

  • Countries of operation

    • France
    • Brazil
    • Argentina
    • Burkina Faso
    • Vietnam

  • Areas of expertise

    • Integrated water resources management
    • Protection and restoration of ecosystems
  • Type of expertise

    • Decentralized international cooperation
    • Institutional or scientific international cooperation
    • Studies, support to the project owner
    • Engineering expertise consulting
    • Training, capacity building
    • Participatory and/or local governance
    • Ecological engineering, Nature based solutions
    • Planning and development
    • Research and development