ISSATs Governing Board provides a means both of ensuring good governance and oversight of ISSAT's activities but the board has the following main responsibilities:
Setting ISSAT’s strategic priorities;
Providing guidance on ISSAT policy;
Approving ISSAT’s annual budget;
Monitoring ISSAT’s progress against goals and budgets;
Guiding ISSAT’s future SSR engagement;
Ensuring effective coordination between ISSAT and other SSR stakeholders at headquarters and in the field;
Encouraging the mainstreaming of SSR policy and good practice with other interested donors.