In addition to the research taking place at NEO, emphasis is given to the education and training of graduate students and new researchers. For this reason special courses and trips are made in the field, training workshops are organized, and postgraduate and PhD students are already involved in NEO research activities. 

So far NEO has carried out planning and scouting of a number of appropriate excursion sites which were identified directly adjacent to the forthcoming research station in Navarino Dunes (the coastal geology and geomorphology in the Gialova-Pylos-Methoni area) or at longer distances (the Losious river canyon, the Sparti fault and the Kapsi cave). Part of the planning was also devoted to educational interests in the forthcoming research station.