Accessibility Statement for ECGI

Measures to support accessibility

ECGI is committed to making our website as user friendly as possible for everyone. We designed our website to be accessible and responsive, based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). 

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Ecgi.global is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Technical specifications

Accessibility of ecgi.global relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • SMIL

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

User agents, assistive technologies and tools used to check accessibility

webpages were tested with the following combinations of browsers and screen readers:

  • Firefox 135.0 and NVDA 2024
  • Firefox 135.0 and JAWS 2023
  • Safari 17.5 and VoiceOver (macOS Sonoma 14.5)

The following pages of ecgi.global were checked for compliance:

Non-accessible content

  • Images: ECGI are currently working through images to add contextual alternative text.
  • Keyboard navigation: ECGI are working on improving the experience when navigating the website via a keyboard, this includes improving the implementation of better focus design.
  • Link text: ECGI are currently working on links and labels that do not give content, unique link names will be applied where possible or an ARIA label.
  • Non text content: ECGI are currently working on ensuring that images have an accessible name or are marked as decorative to improve readability.
  • Correctly structured content and heading usage: ECGI are currently working through all pages to create logical heading and content structures.
  • Colour contrast: ECGI are currently working on improving the contrast ratio to element of the website to improve readability and visibility of elements.
  • Document accessibility: Requires implementation currently. If you require an accessible document, please contact us using the email address within the feedback section.

Content outside the scope of accessibility requirements

The following third-party scripts are exempted from accessibility requirements, as they are external content that ECGI is unable to modify:

  • YouTube/Vimeo video iFrame reader
  • Cookie management

Assessment approach

ECGI assessed the accessibility of ecgi.global by the following approaches:

  • Self-evaluation
  • External evaluation

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of ecgi.global. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on ecgi.global:

  • E-mail: admin@ecgi.org
  • Postal Address: the Royal Academies of Belgium, Palace of the Academies, Rue Ducale 1 Hertogsstraat, 1000 Brussels - Belgium

We try to respond to feedback within 5 working days.

Date

This statement was created on 23 June 2025 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool.

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