Designed for expert users, the UIS database is an online resource that provides country profiles, indicators, and data series in UNESCO's fields of competence, tools to build statistical tables, related documentation, and metadata.
[citation needed] The UIS also has a data visualisation gallery that features interactive products on key issues, such as women in science, children out of school, and girls’ education in Africa.
The institute works with national statisticians and policymakers to improve data quality by providing training, diagnostic tools, standard, and guidelines on the collection, analysis, and use of statistical information.
These services take many forms, from regional training workshops to on-site technical assistance projects through the UIS network of statistical advisers in the field.
The board's primary tasks are to ensure the independence of the institute, define UIS policy and its broad functions, and approve its program and budget.