The evaluation was expected to analyse the process and the impact of the Swiss Consortium support to the CfRR Programme of the GoSL, to identify the strengths and the weaknesses of the project and to propose measures for improvement for this and any similar future programmes. Given the political complexities and multiplicity of approaches to housing reconstruction and the limited time in the field, it is not feasible to present verifiable comparisons across various programmes and districts. The evaluation team is confident, however, that its findings through structured and semi-structured interviews with a representative group of beneficiaries (mixture of gender, age, ethnic background, partially and totally damaged house owners), officials, local and international NGOs reflect verifiable overall trends in the relationship between the programme objectives and its impact. It should be noted that due to the intensified security situation in Trincomalee the team was not able to cover the LTTE areas for comparisons, where the limited access to materials and agency support is known to have further compounded the inequity between the North and the South.
