EU policy and legislation
Do you work with communications or information, documents, external webs, intranets or apps within the public sector? Or do you deliver services, development, form, UX, content or other web-based products and services within the public sector? You need to understand what the Web Accessibility Directive entails. This training touches on everything you need to know.
On 23 September 2018, the Web Accessibility Directive entered into force in Sweden and all EU countries. The Directive covers the entire public sector and certain state and municipal companies. The Directive means that websites, extranets, intranets, documents and apps must meet the accessibility requirements in European standard EN301549. Additionally, any party covered by the Directive must declare their accessibility status, offer users the possibility of submitting feedback, information on alternative means of accessing the information, and link to a service for any complaints. It’s quite a lot to keep track of.
Who’s it for?
This training is intended for anyone who manages, orders, specifies, purchases, develops, procuress, publishes, designs, manages projects in, writes or otherwise works with websites, intranets or apps within the public sector. All roles are affected by more stringent requirements on accessibility.
About the training
Items reviewed during the training include:
- What interfaces are covered by the directive
- What is required of me as a website owner in terms of declaring accessibility status
- How inspection will take place and how often
- What deadlines apply for what
- In what cases I can claim unreasonable burden
- What requirements are set on alternative formats and documents
- The harmonised EN standard (and WCAG 2.1), new developments
- How to use the EN standard to set requirements and check deliverables
Recommendation
This training is an advanced course. In order for you to get the most out of this training, we recommend that you have first completed the training: Introduction to Accessibility.
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