About Audrey Legat

Ms. Audrey Legat is a senior advisor on water governance and international water cooperation at Deltares. Audrey's focus is on the science-policy interface to drive science-based and multi-level systemic change in water management. She leads Deltares efforts for the reinforcement of the Global Agenda's and international water cooperation. For the last seven years she has been acting as advisor to the Netherlands ministries, and she took an active role in the preparation and follow-up of the UN 2023 Water Conference, with a special focus on water and climate adaptation in cities.

As an active member of the Water Peace and Security Partnership, she coordinates the involvement of Deltares within the partnership and is particularly involved in advancing the understanding of the link between water and the risks of conflicts in the Sahel region. Her aim is to support the local dialogue and stakeholder engagement with joint understanding and access to data and information.

Audrey holds an MSc in International Relations, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution from the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, and an MSc in Environmental Sciences and Policy from Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands.

She is a member of the OECD Water Governance Initiative and the Water Peace and Security Partnership. Furthermore, she is a Steering Committee member of the Source-to-Sea Platform.