Focusing on the development and free distribution of tools for handling and analyzing neurophysiological data, G-Node aims at addressing these aspects as part of the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) and the German Bernstein Network for Computational Neuroscience (NNCN). 

G-Node also serves as an international forum for Computational Neuroscientists that are interested in sharing experimental data and tools for data analysis and modeling. 

G-Node engages in a series of international teaching and training activities related to Neuroinformatics. These include specific courses for students, scientists and staff to promote special competences, e.g. on lab practice or scientific computing, and special topic workshops e.g. on tool development.