Accessibility Statements in Belgium and the Netherlands - Key Insights
Gain insights into the development of accessibility statements in Belgium and the Netherlands, including challenges faced, tools used, and the European model for accessibility statements. Discover how these countries are ensuring compliance with accessibility standards and promoting consistency across public sector bodies.
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Accessibility Statements in Belgium WADEX, 28th of November 2019 Patrick Berckmans, Bart Declercq BOSA.be
> Accessibility Issues > Accessibility Issues Not many pre-existing examples of good and EU-conformant accessibility statements, Belgium is a Federal State, the Directive is transposed in 7 different legislations and 3 languages. Each PSB has to be able to get their own Accessibility Statement with their own legal content, in their own language, etc.. -> We built a generic Accessibility Statement Generator , based on the EU Template and minimum mandatory requirements. 2
Input Accessibility Statement Generator Input Accessibility Statement Generator Developed in order to guide people through the mandatory elements of the Accessibility Statement. Output of the wizard is rendered as basic HTML for easy copy/pasting Offering standardised tool to Belgian regional entities to promote consistency across Belgian PSBs. 3
Its iterative, flexible and open It s iterative, flexible and open Use of Open Source components and HTML-templating engine (Alpacajs, Vue.js) Rapid iterations to enhance functionality Initial release focused on minimum legal requirements Planned to be released as open source project 4
Accessibility statements in the Netherlands Raph de Rooij and Kristian Mul ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations digitoegankelijk@logius.nl WADEX, Brussels, 28 November 2019
Based on decision oriented monitoring accessibility statements provide data for intergovernmental supervision Member States shall ensure that public sector bodies take the necessary measures [...] (WAD, article 4)
European model accessibility statement Characteristics of the Dutch version of the model: accessibility statement per website/app + overview accessibility claims must be accompanied by proof statements must be signed off by an administrator or senior manager status 'partially compliant' = 'the PSB is in control'
Accessibility statement wizard based on the Dutch model objective: harmonisation extensive use of form logic technology: Drupal CMS based on the Webform module current status: public beta
