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Accessibility Statement

The Global Tech Governance Institute is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Our Commitment

We strive to ensure that our website conforms to level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities and more user-friendly for everyone.

The guidelines have three levels of accessibility (A, AA, and AAA). We've chosen Level AA as our target for the GTGI website.

Measures Taken

We have taken the following measures to ensure accessibility:

  • Providing text alternatives for non-text content
  • Ensuring content can be presented in different ways without losing information
  • Making it easier for users to see and hear content
  • Making all functionality available from a keyboard
  • Giving users enough time to read and use content
  • Not designing content in a way that is known to cause seizures
  • Providing ways to help users navigate and find content
  • Making text content readable and understandable
  • Making web pages appear and operate in predictable ways
  • Helping users avoid and correct mistakes
  • Maximizing compatibility with current and future user tools

Conformance Status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA.

The GTGI website is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Feedback

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

  • Email: accessibility@gtgi.org
  • Phone: +32 2 123 4567
  • Postal address: Global Tech Governance Institute, Rue de la Science 14, 1040 Brussels, Belgium

We try to respond to feedback within 5 business days and aim to resolve accessibility issues as quickly as possible.

Assessment Approach

GTGI assessed the accessibility of this website by the following approaches:

  • Self-evaluation: Our development team has evaluated this site using the WCAG 2.1 guidelines.
  • External evaluation: We have engaged an external accessibility consultant to conduct an audit of our website.
  • User testing: We have conducted testing with users who use assistive technologies such as screen readers.

Compatibility with Browsers and Assistive Technology

The GTGI website is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

  • Screen readers (including NVDA and JAWS)
  • Screen magnification software
  • Speech recognition software
  • Keyboard-only navigation

The website is also designed to be compatible with the latest versions of major browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.

Technical Specifications

Accessibility of the GTGI 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
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • WAI-ARIA

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and Alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the GTGI website, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for the GTGI website:

  • PDF Documents: Some of our older PDF documents may not be fully accessible. We are working to remediate these documents or provide alternative formats upon request.
  • Third-party Content: Some content provided by third parties may not be fully accessible. We are working with our partners to improve the accessibility of this content.