The Hanna Hassif Community Based Upgrading Project Phase II started in March 1997 and (funding) finished in September 2000. The project took an innovative approach in both its institutional set up and the use of labour based and appropriate construction techniques in an urban environment. To evaluate the project and learn from its successes and failures an Independent Evaluation was commissioned by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). There have already been a number of monitoring and evaluation activities that have been conducted by those executing, supporting and advising the project. To have an unbiased evaluation the ILO contracted I.T. Transport Ltd., who have had no involvement with the project, to carry out this Independent Evaluation. The evaluation followed the Terms of Reference (ToR) the main aims being to establish:
1. The relevance of the project objectives for urban upgrading in the Hanna Hassif unplanned settlement.
2. The extent to which the project objectives have been achieved and to which they contribute to the wider development objective of improving living and working conditions and employment opportunities for the urban poor in Hanna Hassif.
3. To extract best practices and make recommendations for possible application in similar urban environments.