Declaration on accessibility

Declaration on accessibility - Status: 03 April 2025

The European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We continuously improve user-friendliness for all and apply the appropriate accessibility standards.

This declaration on digital accessibility applies to the websites of the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) published at https://www.europa-uni.de.

As a public body within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/2102, we endeavour to make our websites accessible in accordance with the provisions of the Brandenburg Disability Equality Act (BbgBGG) and the Brandenburg Barrier-free Information Technology Ordinance (BbgBITV) for the implementation of Directive (EU) 2016/2102.

The basis of accessibility for the Viadrina website and apps are the internationally valid Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) at conformity level AA and the European standard EN 301 549 (in the current version), which refers to these guidelines.

 

Status of compliance with the requirements

These websites are partially compliant with the harmonised European Standard (EN) 301 549 (in the current version) due to the following incompatibilities or exceptions. The incompatibilities or exceptions are listed below:

 

Non-accessible content

Despite our best efforts, users may experience some issues.

This is a description of the non-accessible content. Please contact us if you have found any non-accessible content that is not listed here

  • In some cases, there are no alternative texts for graphics or images,
  • Documents such as PDFs or PowerPoint presentations are not yet fully accessible.
  • Audio descriptions and subtitles are not provided for video content.
  • Text sections in other languages are not always labelled.
  • Links may be incomprehensible.
  • Sometimes syntax errors occur in the source code.
  • Headers are not always hierarchically structured.
  • Some information is missing in plain language.
  • Web services that require registration are sometimes not barrier-free.

 

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technologies

This website is designed to be compatible with the following browsers:

  • all common browsers in the current version and at least their previous version
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari

This website is designed to be compatible with the following supporting technologies:

  • JAWS Screen Reader
  • NVDA

 

Technologies

The accessibility of this website depends on the following technologies to function:

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Javascript

 

Evaluation methods

The European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) has assessed the accessibility of this website using the following method(s):

  • Self-assessment: The website was assessed internally within the organisation.
  • External assessment: The website was assessed by an external organisation that is not involved in the design and development process.
  • Tests with free online tools, such as wave.webaim.org or www.accessibilitychecker.org

 

Feedback and contact details

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of this website. Please contact us in one of the following ways:

Press and Communication
Phone: 0335 5534 4743
Email: webteam@europa-uni.de
Address: Große Scharrnstraße 59, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)

We will get back to you within three weeks.

Enforcement procedure

If you receive an unsatisfactory response or no response from the above-mentioned contact option within a period of three weeks, you can contact the Enforcement Centre for Digital Accessibility of the State of Brandenburg to check the information and measures specified in the accessibility statement. According to Section 4 (3) BbgBITV, the enforcement centre has the task of enforcing the right of citizens to accessible websites and mobile applications vis-à-vis public bodies in the State of Brandenburg.

The enforcement body checks the applicability of an enforcement procedure from a formal and content-related perspective and, in individual cases, orders a technical review of the website or mobile application by the Monitoring Centre for Accessibility of Web and Application Technologies in the State of Brandenburg. The enforcement procedure is free of charge. No legal assistance is required.

Contact:

Ministry for Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Protection
of the State of Brandenburg - State Disability Commissioner | Enforcement Centre for Digital Accessibility
Henning-von-Tresckow-Straße 2-13, Haus S
14467 Potsdam
Email: Durchsetzung.BIT@MSGIV.Brandenburg.de
Phone: 0331/866-5048

Status: 03 April 2025

Web team