The Federal Forest Research Centre (BFW) endeavours to make its website accessible in accordance with the Web Accessibility Act (WZG) as amended to implement Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies (OJ L 327, 2.12.2016, p. 1).
This declaration on accessibility applies to the website www.bfw.gv.at, which was completely technically updated in 2020 and additionally revised in terms of accessibility in January 2021. Further optimisations are also being carried out on an ongoing basis.
Status of compatibility with the requirements
This website is compliant with conformance level AA of the ‘Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Web – WCAG 2.1’ or with the applicable European Standard EN 301 549 V2.1.2 (2018-08), except for the following incompatibilities and exceptions.
Restrictions and exceptions
The content listed below is only accessible to a limited extent or not accessible at all for the reasons stated or due to a disproportionate burden in terms of accessibility regulations:
- On the start page, the mouse pointer does not display the information ‘Click to enter’ with optimum contrast. However, this information is not necessary, as the menu and all content can be opened via a tab or screen reader or any user can click directly on the menu button in the top left-hand corner. This mouse pointer hint is therefore only unnecessary additional information. Without this information, use is also possible without restriction.
- During a test, the ‘Axe’ software noted that some menu items had too little contrast. However, this is only due to the fact that the menu items in question are hidden for screen readers and the screen reader immediately takes you to the respective submenu items. This is therefore intentional and was introduced to optimise the operation of the menu for screen readers in order to skip menu items that have no content and directly call up those that also have content (pages).
- The tool https://color.a11y.com/Contrast/ displays a contrast error for the page https://www.bfw.gv.at/service-produkte/produkte-shop/. This is because the tool does not recognise the background and incorrectly states that the background is white. After a check, however, this is irrelevant for accessibility!
- On the ‘Locations & Contact’ page, the locations and all contact details in the lower section (below the map) can be viewed with any screen reader or similar device.
Preparation of the declaration, audits and checks
This declaration was prepared in January 2021.
The assessment of the website’s compliance with the WZG for the implementation of the requirements of Directive (EU) 2016/2102 was carried out
in the form of several automated internal tests using the following list of test software created for this purpose:
- Google Lighthouse
- axe™
- colour.a11y.com/Contrast/
- achecker.ca
in the form of internal manual checks with screen readers, different devices and special browsers (or browser functions and extensions).
An assessment by an external accessibility expert
After both WCAG 2.0 and WCAG 2.1 were checked at conformance level AA …
A. automatically all parts of the website and
B. manually all navigations, the start page, all main menu items, representative submenu items, representative articles and all important extensions of the website.
C. Individual page content is regularly checked by the web editorial team when new content is published.
Feedback and contact details
The offers and services on this website are constantly being improved, exchanged and expanded. Usability and accessibility are very important to us.
If you notice any barriers that prevent you from using our website – problems that are not described in this statement, deficiencies with regard to compliance with accessibility requirements – please let us know by e-mail. We will check your enquiry and contact you as soon as possible.
Please describe the problem in detail and always provide us with the URL(s) of the website or document concerned.
Kontakt
Please send all messages and suggestions directly to the webmaster of this website or to the BFW press office.
Enforcement Procedure
In the event of unsatisfactory responses from the above-mentioned contact options, you can contact the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) with a complaint. The FFG accepts complaints electronically via the contact form on the FFG website.
These complaints are examined by the FFG to determine whether they relate to violations of the provisions of the Web Accessibility Act, in particular deficiencies in compliance with accessibility requirements, by the federal government or an organisation attributable to it.
If the complaint is justified, the FFG must propose recommendations for action and measures to the federal government or the legal entities concerned that serve to remedy the existing deficiencies.