MeAC – Measuring Progress of eAccessibility in Europe

Legislation/regulations

On the basis of an Act on information systems of public administration (2006), the Ministry of Transport, Post and Telecommunications has published standards for information systems which include eAccessibility standards. On the basis of Article 13 of the Act, this standard makes compliance with WCAG 1.0 level A mandatory, and includes some additional rules from Levels AA and AAA. The standard is valid from 1st August 2006 for new public websites and 2008 for all public websites. Annual monitoring by the responsible ministry has been carried out since 2006 and will be done 2 times a year starting in 2008. An awareness-raising seminar is planned for public administrations in 2008.

There is no legislative obligation for accessible private websites.

Other initiatives

In advance of the 2006 Act, a roadmap for implementation of electronic services of public administration (2005) and an information society strategy (2004) made reference to the need to ensure eAccessibility for disabled people.

In 2001, the National Programme of Development of Living Conditions of Citizens with Disabilities in All Areas of Life specified a responsibility to introduce legislation on the duty to design and maintain public websites in a way that is accessible for citizens with disabilities and defined this duty for public administration organisations.

The Blind Friendly initiative of the Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union provides an unofficial certification scheme as well as an advisory service to public and private organizations.

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