The phrase "as a key element of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize the importance or significance of a particular component within a larger context or framework.
Example: "Collaboration is considered as a key element of successful project management."
Alternatives: "as a crucial part of" or "as an essential component of".
This use is being promoted as a key element of the proposal.
Participants held aloft banners proclaiming the practice as a key element of cultural expression.
"If you see community ownership as a key element of environmental protection then this will stamp on that," he said.
Improved capital requirements and leverage restrictions are now also under consideration in international forums as a key element of reform.
The former Labour minister Michael Meacher singled out Gaian ideas as a key element of future environmental thinking in a speech earlier this year.
GHG reporting has always been seen as a key element of our environmental policy and the annual public report is signed off directly by the Group CEO.
As the US sociologist and Holocaust scholar Ronald Berger has observed, Luther helped establish antisemitism as "a key element of German culture and national identity".
The action plan cites climate change as "a key element of preventive diplomacy," aimed at preventing future violent conflicts through cooperation and dialogue.
Peer-to-peer support among veterans is widely viewed as a key element of any effort to improve their success, Ms. Krause said.
The administration's program of covert support for anti-Taliban groups has emerged as a key element of its plan to oust a regime that Washington has accused of sheltering Osama bin Laden and his network.
The study, published to coincide with Father's Day this Sunday, identifies the massive gender imbalance in childcare and other unpaid domestic work as a key element of the problem.
