The role of the EMDA is to support artist mobility, artistic creativity and the dissemination of innovative methods for lifelong learning as well as vocational and training opportunities in order to support the development of all professions related to the music sector (in the wider sense).
Vloga EMDA je podpreti mobilnost umetnikov in umetniško ustvarjalnost ter spodbujati razširjanje inovativnih metod v izobraževanju za razvoj poklicev na področju glasbe v najširšem smislu.