The ELM proposal is being made in a context where e-learning has become the most successful educational technology of all time, reaching into all aspects of traditional education and training but where no specific Europe-wide accreditation exists either for those charged with implementing e-learning solutions in their professional working lives or those who hold it as their profession to specifically manager e-learning teams and developers.

Against this background the ELM project will offer a flexible and relevant recognition of these key vocational skills, ensuring mobility for workers between regions and sectors and offering assurance to employers of the given competence of those charged either with the work of co-coordinating e-learning teams or evaluating and choosing e-learning solutions.

In the above context the ELM project is proposed to support both the transparency and recognition of a particularly vital competence and to introduce an appropriate qualification where none exists already (Priority 3, Call for Proposals 2008)