Accessibility statement

This statement applies to content published on the domain: https://kohesio.ec.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 the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and the European Commission’s Directorate-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including people with disabilities.

You should be able to:

• zoom up to 200% without problems
• 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 status

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. See Non-accessible content for more details.

The website was last tested on 15/11/2023.

Preparation of this statement

This statement was reviewed on 20/12/2023

The statement is based on a review by an automated tool called Axe Monitor.

Feedback

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

• Phone: 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11
• Contact form: Write to us (please refrain from providing sensitive information in the form, e.g. any information that would reveal personal financial information, information related to your health, or any other sensitive topic).

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 Kohesio 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 Kohesio 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 Kohesio 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 of the Kohesio website:

• Maps: Navigating through our project collection using the map option might be difficult for some users as they rely on visual identification of the regions. Also, on some selections a large amount of dots can be displayed. For a better experience in those cases the recommended option is to use the filtering of lists instead of the map navigation.
• Videos: Embedded videos on this website do not have audio description.
• Texts: the readability of some titles and descriptions is limited, either due to a low redactional level, the use of acronyms or the machine translation process.
• Images: some images lack alternative text description
• Heading Hierarchy: Some pages do not present content in an hierarchical heading organization
• ARIA: Some ARIA hidden elements contain focusable elements.