Accessibility policy

The operators of this website endeavour to make the content accessible and to fulfil the requirements of § 3 Paras. 1-4 and § 4 of the Barrier-free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV) 2.0, which was issued on the basis of § 12d of the Disability Equality Act (BGG).

A number of barriers were identified in the course of internal audits, the elimination of which is planned for an upcoming implementation phase. The following points do not represent an exhaustive list, but document the currently known status of accessibility deficiencies:

Images and videos
Not all images and linked graphics have text alternatives in accordance with WCAG success criterion 1.1.1. The affected text alternatives will be added or corrected during the ongoing editorial process.
Not all videos have an audio or full text alternative in accordance with WCAG success criterion 1.2.3.

Forms
The accessible design of forms has not yet been fully considered. Existing forms currently often have problems in terms of usability with screen readers and user guidance. A comprehensive revision is planned for a later development phase.

Carousels (“sliders”)
Although the carousel components used on the homepage – especially in the “From the EUKI projects” and “Upcoming events” sections – can currently be operated with a keyboard and screen reader, they are not easy to use. The navigation logic is not clearly communicated and there is a lack of semantic information on the structure and control of the slides. This makes it particularly difficult for screen reader users to fully grasp the content. A revised implementation is planned to ensure barrier-free and intuitive use.

Quicksearch
The “quicksearch” currently in use is not implemented semantically as a form, but as an interactive link with unclear functionality. From the point of view of screen reader users, the necessary information on the operating logic of the selection fields is missing. Restructuring as a correctly labelled form is necessary.

Native HTML widgets
Some native operating elements (e.g. selection fields) do not contain programmatically determinable instructions, labels or correct autocomplete attributes. Extensive improvements are required here.

Error labelling in forms
Error messages are currently not displayed clearly and comprehensibly enough. A clearer visual and semantic presentation is required for barrier-free use.

CSS-generated content
Certain content – especially within the carousels and event sliders – is currently only integrated using CSS pseudo-elements (:before, :after). This content is not accessible for assistive technologies and disappears completely in various test configurations. In future, all meaningful content must be available in the DOM and machine-readable.

Hover effects
Some visual feedback for mouseover interactions is not recognisable clearly enough, which can lead to comprehensibility problems for users with visual impairments. The visual design will be revised.

Parsing and validity
Individual HTML elements have potentially invalid structures (e.g. duplicate attributes or incorrectly closed tags). Although this point is less critical than those mentioned above, a check will also be carried out here in the further process.

System settings: Contrast and text magnification
The consideration of operating system settings such as high contrast mode and the ability to easily enlarge text up to 200% without loss of functionality could not yet be reliably tested. A more comprehensive test is planned for a later phase.