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Team Europe Explorer

Accessibility

This statement applies to content published on the domain: https://team-europe-explorer.europa.eu/

It does not apply to other content or websites published on any of its subdomains. These websites and their content will have their own specific accessibility statement.

This website is managed by the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA). It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including people with disabilities.

You should be able to:

  • Zoom up to 200% without problems
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • navigate most of the website using a modern screen reader and speech recognition software (on your computer or phone)

This website is designed to comply with the technical standard for websites and mobile apps, EN 301 549,  v.3.2.1. This closely follows level ‘AA’ of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with technical standard EN 301 549 v.3.2.1 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. See ‘Non-accessible content’ for more details.

The website was last tested on 05 June 2024.

Preparation of this statement

This statement was reviewed on 05/06/2024.

The method used to prepare the statement is a self-assessment done by the public sector body.

Feedback

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

  • Feedback form: Feedback form in the “Support” tab linked directly to the Functional Mailbox INTPA-TEAM-EUROPE-EXPLORERatec [dot] europa [dot] eu (INTPA-TEAM-EUROPE-EXPLORER[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

We try to respond to feedback within 15 business days from the date of receipt of the inquiry by the responsible Commission department.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

The ‘Team Europe Explorer’ website is designed to be compatible with the following most used assistive technologies: 

  • the latest version of Google Chrome and Apple Safari browsers;
  • in combination with the latest versions of JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver and TalkBack.

Technical specifications

The accessibility of the ‘EU Aid Explorer’ 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
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • SVG

Non-accessible content

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the ‘EU Aid Explorer’ website, we are aware of some limitations, which we are working to fix. Below is a description of known limitations and potential solutions. Please contact us if you encounter an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for the ‘Team Europe Explorer’ website:

  1. Some sections within pages have poor colour contrast.
  2. Some functionality is not accessible using only a keyboard- including embedded graphs.
  3. Some heading elements are not used consistently - including embedded graphs.
  4. Some labels are not correctly connected with their corresponding form fields.
  5. Some images do not have alt text descriptions - notably the SDG icons that are part of the embedded graphs. We plan to fix this in the course of 2024.
  6. Some buttons and/or links don’t have readable text.
  7. Some error messages are not clearly associated with form controls.
  8. Some documents are in PDF format and are not accessible.
  9. Interactive maps are not accessible to people with a vision impairment or users who rely on keyboard navigation.
  10. Feedback form – error messages: Error messages in the feedback form are not associated with the field in which the error was detected and do not clearly indicate in which field the error was detected. 
  11. Some graphs and charts on the website rely on colour alone to communicate information, which is confusing for people with colour vision deficiency. In charts where labels are not visually associated with the corresponding coloured section, clicking on the labels in the legends toggles the corresponding line, bar or section on or off, which allows users to check which label belongs to which part of the chart. We plan to fix this issue by the end of 2024.