diff --git a/core/event/service.go b/core/event/service.go
index 5c1087b626..b8e09673a5 100644
--- a/core/event/service.go
+++ b/core/event/service.go
@@ -11,28 +11,33 @@ import (
 // event.Service is a core API type that should be provided by the runtime module being used to
 // build an app via depinject.
 type Service interface {
-	// EmitProtoEvent emits events represented as a protobuf message (as described in ADR 032).
+	EventManager(context.Context) Manager
+}
+
+// Manager represents an event manager which can emit events.
+type Manager interface {
+	// Emit emits events represented as a protobuf message (as described in ADR 032).
 	//
 	// Callers SHOULD assume that these events may be included in consensus. These events
 	// MUST be emitted deterministically and adding, removing or changing these events SHOULD
 	// be considered state-machine breaking.
-	EmitProtoEvent(ctx context.Context, event protoiface.MessageV1) error
+	Emit(ctx context.Context, event protoiface.MessageV1) error
 
-	// EmitKVEvent emits an event based on an event and kv-pair attributes.
+	// EmitKV emits an event based on an event and kv-pair attributes.
 	//
 	// These events will not be part of consensus and adding, removing or changing these events is
 	// not a state-machine breaking change.
-	EmitKVEvent(ctx context.Context, eventType string, attrs ...KVEventAttribute) error
+	EmitKV(ctx context.Context, eventType string, attrs ...Attribute) error
 
-	// EmitProtoEventNonConsensus emits events represented as a protobuf message (as described in ADR 032), without
+	// EmitNonConsensus emits events represented as a protobuf message (as described in ADR 032), without
 	// including it in blockchain consensus.
 	//
 	// These events will not be part of consensus and adding, removing or changing events is
 	// not a state-machine breaking change.
-	EmitProtoEventNonConsensus(ctx context.Context, event protoiface.MessageV1) error
+	EmitNonConsensus(ctx context.Context, event protoiface.MessageV1) error
 }
 
 // KVEventAttribute is a kv-pair event attribute.
-type KVEventAttribute struct {
+type Attribute struct {
 	Key, Value string
 }