Rather than being a technical evaluation of this global project, this is a strategic review of the Safer Cities Programme, which takes as its point of departure the assessment of the Safer Cities for Better Governance project.

The objectives of the review are to assess the performance of the project, to identify the impact of the project, with a focus on co-ordination, networking and mainstreaming, within the HABITAT agency, on country-level activities and in relation to partners and collaborators, to propose recommendations to address design, implementation, co-ordination and human resource management of the project, to propose recommendations towards a resource mobilisation strategy for the programme as well as to provide input into the process of developing a strategic vision and way forward for the programme.