Websites
Legislation/regulations
Legally binding guidelines adopted by the Slovene Government (2005) (known as ‘Easily Reached Slovenia’) require that information be provided in an adjusted format for disabled people and that information and other services of government on the web should be equally accessible to all citizens. The aim was that all provisions would be realized by end 2007, though there appear to be no sanctions for non-compliance.
Another document adopted by the Slovene Government is the Strategy of Work and Development of the Public Administration in Slovenia on World Wide Web (2004). One of its goals is to ensure that all public administration web sites work well for all users (including disabled people) and that they can be easily accessed. It recommends that Slovene public administration bodies should follow the guidelines and standards on accessibility of websites for people with disabilities. The Ministry of Public Administration is responsible for implementation and monitoring this strategy.
Other initiatives
The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Department for Information Society recommends that the design of web pages should follow at least level A of the WCAG 1.0 recommendation. The Ministry of Public Administration is responsible for implementation and monitoring.
As part of the Action Plan for Disabled Persons 2007-2013, Provision 3.9 states that information and other services of the government on the World Wide Web should be equally accessible to all citizens. This Plan has also been adopted by the Slovene Government. The Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs is responsible for monitoring. There are no sanctions foreseen in the case of non-compliance.
Also, the Strategy of eGovernment of the Republic of Slovenia 2006- 2010 includes a commitment to upgrade the eGovernment state portal to be more accessible to people with disabilities.
There do not appear to be any activities directed towards accessibility of private websites.
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