The present Evaluation Report is mandated by the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Final Independent Evaluation of the project “Extending access to social protection and portability of benefits to migrant workers and their families in selected RECs in Africa” (see Annex 1). The rational of the project is that migrant workers face huge challenges in exercising their rights to social protection and portability of benefits. The project Objective is: Strengthening the capacities of RECs to provide and drive the implementation of regional frameworks on the extension of social protection to migrant workers and their families including those in the informal economy.” The project has identified four Outputs or Results Areas, one for each of the four main partners: AUC, EAC, ECOWAS and SADC.
