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EU Children's Participation Platform

Accessibility Statement

This statement applies to content published on the domain: https://eu-for-children.europa.eu/ 

It does not apply to other content or websites published on any of its subdomains. These websites and their content will have their own specific accessibility statement.

This website is managed by . It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including people with disabilities.

You should be able to:

  • e.g. zoom up to 200% without problems
  • zoom in without the text spilling off the screen.
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • navigate most of the website using a modern screen reader and speech recognition software (on your computer or phone)

This website is designed to comply with the technical standard for websites and mobile apps, EN 301 549, v.3.2.1. This closely follows level ‘AA’ of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1.

Compliance

This website is partially compliant with technical standard EN 301 549 v.3.2.1 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA.

This website was last tested on 2024-11-08.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the EU Children's Participation website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:

Email:  EU-ChildParticipation@ec.europa.eu 

We try to respond to feedback within 15 business days from the date of receipt of the enquiry by the responsible Commission department.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

The  EU Children's Participation website is designed to be compatible with the following most used assistive technologies:

  • the latest version of Google Chrome and Apple Safari browsers;
  • in combination with the latest versions of JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver and TalkBack.

Technical specifications

The accessibility of the EU Children's Participation website 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

Non-accessible content

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the EU Children's Participation website, we are aware of some limitations, which we are working to fix. Below is a description of known limitations and potential solutions. Please contact us if you encounter an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for the EU Children's Participation website:

  • Some pages have audiovisual content without text alternatives (captions or audio descriptions)
  • Some pages do not have a programmatically accessible language
  • Some pages have links without an accessible name
  • Some pages have components without an accessible name
  • Some pages have links with ambiguous text