Transferring scientific knowledge from Marine Stations through lifelong learning initiatives

The effective transmission of continuous advances in scientific knowledge is nowadays a basic task for mltidisciplinary marine sations, which are faced with the need to participate in the process of specialized training beyond formal postgraduate teaching. The permanent high-level training of technicians and professionals is an activity increasingly demanded by society, as a response to the speed at which advances are made in certain scientific fields or the continuous introduction of new concepts. At the same time, the ongoing process of digitization of many training activities initiated during the pandemic has led to a paradigm shift both in the learning system and in the ways of recognizing theknowledge acquired.Advances in scientific knowledge about estuarine and coastal systems are not an exception to these trends. Sustainability, Climate Change, Blue Growth, Nature based Solutions are obvious examples of the need to have systems of transmission and updating of contents that are adaptable through the lifelong learning process. These should be part of the specialized I+D+i projects themselves, within the transfer and dissemination of scientific knowledge.This paper shows the success of permanent education initiatives through some examples of micro-credentials based on Masive, Open, Online Courses (MOOC), which were generated in specific collaborative international projects related to the sustainability of coastal ecosystems (ERASMUS+TRASMARES project), or to the evaluation of the effects associated with climate change in estuarine (LIFE Adapta Blues project) or coastal ecosystems (C3N, C3N-PRO projects).