UIL provides services in literacy, non-formal education, adult and lifelong learning to UNESCO's Member States, NGOs and grassroots and community organizations, but also to partners in civil society and the private sector. In doing so, the Institute works in close collaboration with its Paris headquarters, with UNESCO field offices in different countries, with sister institutes and with national and international partners.

UIL is based in Hamburg, Germany. The Senate (government) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg provides the Institute with premises close to the University, in a house protected as a historic monument. In February 2007 a country agreement was signed which defines the terms and conditions under which the UIL is hosted by the Federal Republic of Germany.

Office hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5.30 p.m.

For further information please also consult the following resources:

UNESCO HQs.
UNESCO Cluster and Field Offices.
UNESCO Institutes and Centres.
Hamburg University.
City of Hamburg.
Decision of the UNESCO Executive Board to change the legal Status of the UNESCO Institute for Education.
Decision of the UNESCO Executive Board to change the name of the UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE) to "UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning", incl. statutes.