MeAC – Measuring Progress of eAccessibility in Europe

Legislation/regulations

LOU (SFS 1992:1528), as amended in various years, appears to be the main legislation regarding public procurement, pending transposition of the EU revised Directives of 2004, which is expected in 2008. The transposition is expected to allow the inclusion of accessibility requirements without making any specific reference to eAccessibility.

Other initiatives

Verva, the Swedish Administrative Development Agency (previously Statskontoret), has developed guidelines on usability and eAccessibility in public procurement of ICT. The guidelines aim to increase attention given to usability, ergonomics, and accessibility for disabled people to ensure that procurement contributes to lower user-costs and higher job-satisfaction for employees and makes it easier for agencies to comply with the standards set by the Work Environment Act for software and systems. The guidelines will also contribute to fulfil the government’s goal that all authorities’ electronic services should be designed so that they do not exclude groups of citizens.

VERVA is responsible for negotiating framework agreements that can then be used by public authorities when purchasing ICTs. The guidelines for the inclusion of eAccessibility in framework agreements have been developed, but appear to have not yet been used in any procurement.

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