-Accessibility statement
Internationales Amtssitz- und Konferenzzentrum Wien, Aktiengesellschaft (IAKW-AG) endeavours to make its website www.acv.at accessible in compliance with the Bundesgesetz über den barrierefreien Zugang zu Websites und mobilen Anwendungen des Bundes (Web-Zugänglichkeits-Gesetz, Web Accessibility Act), Federal Gazette I No. 59/2019, as amended.
This accessibility statement applies to the website www.acv.at
Status of compliance with requirements
Due to the following incompatibilities and exceptions, this website partially satisfies the Level A success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, and the criteria of the applicable European standard EN 301 549 V3.2.1 (2021-03) in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is not accessible content due to the following reasons:
b. Disproportionate burden
PDFs
Various, mainly older PDF and MS Office documents are not set up as accessible. For example, PDF documents are not tagged, so that they cannot be, or cannot sufficiently be used by screen reader users. For this reason, WCAG 2.2 criteria 1.1.1 “Non-text Content” and 1.3.1 “Info and Relationships” are not satisfied.
We are working to correct this deficiency in newly published PDFs. Decorative images are described in one sentence.
In our view, correction of older PDF documents would entail a disproportionate burden as defined in the accessibility criteria.
Videos
All videos related to content on the website are hosted and published on the YouTube video platform. Various, mainly older videos are not set up as accessible, as no text alternatives are provided (1.2.2 Captions, 1.2.5 Audio Description). We are working to correct this deficiency in newly published videos.
In our view, correction of older videos would entail a disproportionate burden as defined in the accessibility criteria.
Images
Various, mainly older images do not have text alternatives, and so do not satisfy criterion 1.1.1 “Non-text Content”. This deficiency is corrected in newly published images.
In our view, correction of older images would entail a disproportionate burden as defined in the accessibility criteria.
Podcast
Podcast episodes do not satisfy the criteria 1.1.1 “Non-text Content” or 1.2.1 “Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)” and are therefore non-accessible.
We are working to satisfy criterion 1.1.1 “Non-text Content” for podcast episodes in the latest series. We are not planning to adapt older podcast episodes to increase accessibility.
Virtual tour
The virtual tour and 360° view do not satisfy the following WCAG 2.2 criteria:
1.1.1. Non-text content
1.3.3 Sensory characteristics
2.1.1 Keyboard
In our view, correcting these deficiencies would entail a disproportionate burden as defined in the accessibility criteria.
Level maps
Level maps do not satisfy the following WCAG 2.2 criteria:
1.1.1. Non-text content
1.3.3 Sensory characteristics
2.1.1 Keyboard
In our view, correcting these deficiencies would entail a disproportionate burden as defined in the accessibility criteria.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
The website www.acv.at was tested for accessibility by a third party on 28 April 2023.
Testing was carried out based on the Level A success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). For the test, Version 2.2 of the WCAG was applied, which is in Proposed Recommendation status.
The home page, a content page, and one each of an overview page and detailed information page for every other content type (events, spaces, corporate communications, scientific communications, press service, news, jobs, podcasts).
This statement was last updated on 31 July 2023.
Feedback and contact details
If you encounter issues that hinder your use of our website – problems that are not described in this statement, deficiencies with regard to compliance with accessibility requirements – please let us know about them by e-mail [email protected].
Issues and suggestions can be sent by e-mail to [email protected] with the subject line “Accessibility issue on the website acv.at”. Please describe the issue and include the url(s) of the page(s) and/or document(s) concerned.
Enforcement procedure
If you do not receive a satisfactory response after contacting us as described above, you may make a complaint to the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, FFG). You can submit your complaint to the FFG electronically using the Contact Form for complaints concerning digital accessibility.
The FFG evaluates complaints to determine whether they relate to infringements of the Web Accessibility Act, in particular deficiencies in compliance with accessibility requirements, by the federal government or a federal government institution.
If the complaint is justified, the FFG must make recommendations to the federal government or the entity concerned and propose measures for rectifying the deficiencies.
Further information regarding the complaints procedure