Accessibility

Accessibility declaration for StartGlocal

The European Parliament stipulated in the guidelines EU 2016/2102 that public organisations in the European Union must ensure accessibility for their websites and mobile applications. The North Rhine-Westphalian government passed these guidelines into law with the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Act (BGG NRW, in particular § 10 to § 10e) and the IT Accessibility Ordinance (BITV NRW), both of which are binding for all public organisations and responsible bodies for public concerns in the state.

Scope of application

StartGlocal is committed to making its online presence accessible to all users in line with BITV NRW and BGG NRW.

This accessibility declaration applies to our website: www.startglocal.de.

Current compliance with IT accessibility requirements

Our website is partially compliant with the accessibility standards set forth in BITV NRW 2.0.

StartGlocal is currently working to improve the accessibility of its website. To that end, our website will be undergoing a system upgrade in the near future and is also being prepared for a general relaunch. We kindly request your patience during this process.

Non-accessible content

Our website www.startglocal.de is not always compliant with the following criteria of the EN 301 549 accessibility standard.

  • 9.1.1.1a Text alternatives for user interface controls: Text alternatives are missing for some hyperlinked images. We are planning to rectify this with the relaunch.
  • 9.1.1.1b Text alternatives for images and objects: Text alternatives are missing for some informative graphics/images. We are planning to rectify this with the relaunch.
  • 9.1.1.1c Blank HTML alt attributes for layout graphics/images: Blank HTML alt attributes are missing for some layout graphics/images. We are planning to rectify this with the relaunch.
  • 9.1.2.2 Recorded videos with subtitles: Subtitles are not yet provided as an alternative for recorded videos. We are planning to rectify this with the relaunch.
  • 9.1.2.3 Audio description or full text alternative for videos: Audio descriptions or full texts are not yet provided as an alternative for recorded videos. We are planning to rectify this with the relaunch.
  • 9.1.2.5 Audio description for videos: Audio descriptions are not yet provided for recorded videos. We are planning to rectify this with the relaunch.
  • 9.1.4.3 Sufficient contrast ratios for texts: Some texts/links are not yet shown with sufficient brightness contrasts in all states. We are planning to rectify this with the relaunch.
  • 9.2.1.1 Content functionality without a mouse: Most of the essential content and functions of our website are accessible in Firefox and Chrome, but some elements are not clearly identifiable and can thus be considered inoperable. We are planning to rectify this with the relaunch.
  • 9.2.4.4 Identifiable link purposes: This is not always ensured, but we are planning to rectify this with the relaunch.
  • 9.2.4.7 Visible focus: The keyboard focus indicator is not always visible, but potential improvements will be explored as part of the relaunch.
  • 9.2.5.3 Visible labels are a part of accessible names: Visible labels are not always implemented uniformly in accessible names. We are planning to rectify this with the relaunch.
  • 9.3.1.2 Words and passages in other languages are appropriately marked: Some words in other languages are not appropriately marked yet. This will be checked for rectification as part of the relaunch.
  • 9.4.1.1 Parsing: Correct parsing is not always ensured, but will be rectified with the relaunch.
  • 9.4.1.2 Name, role, value: Semantic information is not always available for user interface components. This will be rectified with the relaunch.

Some PDF documents published on our website do not comply with accessibility requirements. Due to the sheer number of uploaded documents, addressing this issue will take some time.

Some videos integrated into our website do not have subtitles. We strive to add subtitles to all new videos produced by HSRW and apologise for not including subtitles in earlier videos.

If you would like access to specific content that does not currently comply with accessibility standards, please contact us at startglocal@hochschule-rhein-waal.de or use our contact form. We will try our best to find a quick solution.

Date of preparation

It is based on a BITV compliance test conducted in February 2024.

This declaration was last updated on 8 February 2024.

Contact and feedback

Accessibility issues for content published on www.startglocal.de can be reported to us at any time. Please send your accessibility-related questions, comments or feedback to startglocal@hochschule-rhein-waal.de or use our contact form.