The project is part of the UNICEF’s Community Based Services (CBS) Programme in Romania. The CBS focus is on the preventive approach in social protection system, especially in rural areas. The purpose of the project _*‘Helping the invisible children’_ is to increase the impact of social protection policies for poor and socially excluded (‘invisible’) children and families. The *purpose of this evaluation is to collect evidence related to both project effectiveness and efficiency, contributing to the understanding of its relevance and impact. In this respect, there are two main objectives to be attained: 1. Measure the project effectiveness and efficiency as well as estimate the potential impact of the project activities, on the one hand, on the local stakeholders (identified vulnerable children) and on the other hand, on the services provided at local level, all based on an analysis taking into account the local specificities determined by geographical, demographic, social and economic criteria. 2. Identify and extract relevant elements necessary for the policy development in the prevention area (information related to legislation, institutional building, monitoring, and evaluation mechanisms) with a particular focus on the definition of a minimum package of basic social services.