Declaration on accessibility

The European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH, a non-profit limited liability company, endeavours to make its website accessible in accordance with the Saxon Inclusion Act and the Saxon Barrier-free Websites Act in conjunction with the Barrier-free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV 2.0). These laws are drafted in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/2102.

This declaration on accessibility applies to the information available at www.chemnitz2025.de published on the website of the European Capital of Culture 2025 gGmbH.

Accessibility is based on the internationally applicable Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) at conformity level AA and the European standard EN 301 549, version 3.1.1. For PDF documents, i.e. platform-independent file formats, the international standard PDF/UA-1 is also observed.

This website is partially accessible in accordance with the above-mentioned guidelines.

The four basic principles of accessibility are perceptibility, usability, comprehensibility and robustness. The design of the website is based on these principles. Accessibility was already taken into account during the development of the website. The following criteria in particular were included in the design:

• Contrasts and choice of colours

• Consistent use of hierarchical headings

• Good readability of texts and scalability

• Image elements in the navigation: standardised alternative texts (e.g. search for magnifying glass symbol)

• Images and graphics: empty alt attribute for all decorative image elements (e.g. dividing lines)

• Implementation of the plain language function

a. Non-accessible content

• individual PDF documents (brochures, flyers, maps and others)

• Time-based media (in some cases no text alternatives and subtitles for videos)

b. Lack of accessibility due to disproportionate load

For the following content, there is currently a disproportionate burden in accordance with Section 2 (3) BfWebG in conjunction with Directive (EU) 2016/2102, Article 5 and Recital 39:

• currently not known

c. Non-accessible content outside the legal provisions

The following content is currently not accessible, but is exempt from the obligation under Section 1 (2) sentence 1 BfWebG in conjunction with Article 1 (4) of EU Directive 2016/2102:

• File downloads that were published before 23/09/2018 and are not needed for current legal processes

• videos that were published before 23 September 2020

• live streaming as audio or video

• maps whose essential information is provided in an accessible alternative (e.g. roadworks information) The exact localisation of the traffic restriction is indicated there.

• third-party content where content is added dynamically.

This declaration was prepared on the basis of our own audit on 15 July 2024.

We continuously determine the status of accessibility through our own review.

If you notice any accessibility issues on our website, please contact us:

European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH
Fabrikstraße 11
09111 Chemnitz
E-mail: barrierefreiheit(at)chemnitz2025.de

In accordance with your instructions, we will endeavour to rectify the reported deficiencies or provide you with information that is not accessible in an accessible form.

Office of the State Government Commissioner for Matters relating to People with Disabilities

Visitor address:

Archivstraße 1

01097 Dresden

 

Telephone: 0351 564-10715

Fax: 0351 564-10999

E-mail: info.inklusionsbeauftragter@sk.sachsen.de

Website: www.inklusion.sachsen.de