In 2014-2021, UNESCO will continue to enhance the institutional approaches, tools and mechanisms necessary to improve its overall outputs and results delivery with fewer but more sharply articulated expected results, greater outreach that leads to more discernible and traceable impact of its actions to the benefit of Member States. It will strengthen its proximity to the actual needs and priorities of Member States, including the National Commissions, its ability to deliver results effectively, its capacity to learn from successes and failures, its ability to communicate and report in a strategic manner, its resource mobilization ability, and the entire range of its strategic partnerships, including with civil society and the private sector. In doing so, UNESCO will build on the recommendations of the 2010 Independent External Evaluation and its follow-up, and further consolidate the progress made in the past two biennia in terms of management, effectiveness, efficiency and value for money. The five strategic directions of the Independent External Evaluation: ◗ Increasing UNESCO’s focus ◗ Positioning UNESCO closer to the field ◗ Strengthening participation in the United Nations ◗ Strengthening governance ◗ Developing a partnership strategy.