in Belgium WADEX 28th of November 2019 Patrick Berckmans Bart Declercq 2 Not many preexisting examples of good and EUconformant accessibility statements Belgium is a Federal State the Directive is transposed in 7 different legislations and 3 languages ID: 794025
Download The PPT/PDF document "Accessibility Statements" is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
Slide1
Accessibility Statementsin Belgium
WADEX, 28th of
November
2019
Patrick Berckmans, Bart Declercq
Slide22
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.
> Accessibility Issues
Slide33
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.Input Accessibility Statement Generator
Slide44
Use of Open Source components and HTML-templating engine (Alpacajs, Vue.js)
Rapid iterations to enhance functionality
Initial release focused on minimum legal requirementsPlanned to be released as open source projectIt’s iterative, flexible and open
Slide5Accessibility 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
Slide6Based on decision oriented monitoring
“Member States shall ensure that public sector bodies take the necessary measures [...]”
(WAD, article 4)
accessibility statements provide
data
for intergovernmental supervision
Slide7European 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'
Slide8Accessibility 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