IMLS was initially launched in 2016 as a combination of music school, cultural, IT and language center. As the local sponsor, the Ugandan organization IMLS has set itself the task of providing support, structure and community to needy and talented people through music and cultural and language workshops.

Since 2021, it has also been possible to learn apprenticeships at the IMLS. In order to create realistic life prospects for the many young people in this respect, the Werner Erkes Foundation will take over this project and build a training center above the recently completed "music floor" construction phase in addition to the existing music, language and IT offerings. This will include training in tailoring, journalism, print media, carpentry/instrument making and repair, recording studio, hairdressing or fashion design, bricklaying, electricity, IT, plumbing, welding, car mechanics, agriculture, business administration with project management, education, cooking, catering/hotel management, film and photography.

In particular, a sewing workshop, a carpentry workshop with an integrated instrument-making workshop, a recording studio, a meeting room, choir and orchestra rehearsal rooms and a band room are planned for the upper basement (the building will be constructed on a slope). Large seminar rooms with movable walls, a library, a museum, a piano practice studio, a health advice center and a job placement office are also planned for the first floor. In addition to offices and training rooms, two further floors will round off the center with a large multifunctional concert and theater hall under the roof.