Accessibility

The town of Forst (Lusatia) is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We strive to continuously improve the user experience for all website users and to apply the corresponding standards on accessibility. The declaration on accessibility applies to the following website:www.rosengarten-forst.de

The town of Forst (Lusatia) strives to make the website www.rosengarten-forst.de accessible, in line with the Brandenburg Act on Equal Opportunities for Disabled Persons (BbgBGG) and the Brandenburg Ordinance on the Creation of Barrier-Free Information Technology (BbgBITV) in conjunction with the German Ordinance on Barrier-Free Information Technology (BITV 2.0)

Accessibility is based on the internationally valid Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) at conformance level AA and the European standard EN 301 549 (EN 301 549).

The town of Forst (Lusatia) is taking the following measures to ensure accessibility:

• Accessibility is key to the integrated town development concept INSEK
• Accessibility forms part of our internal guidelines.
• Accessibility is integrated into our procurement practices.
• Clear objectives and responsibilities exist for accessibility within the authority.
• Formal methods for quality assurance of accessibility exist within the company.
• We include people with disabilities in our user testing processes.

Current accessibility standard of the website:
Unknown

Current status of content compliance:
Partially compliant: Some content does not fully comply with the accessibility standard.

Despite our best efforts, accessibility issues may arise when using the website. Please contact us should you detect a problem that is not yet detailed here.

Videos: Our videos currently do not have subtitles.

PDF documents: Most of the PDF documents do not meet the accessibility requirements.

Photos: Alternative texts have not been provided for all photos. Work is underway to rectify this issue.

Links to external applications or websites outside of forst-lausitz.de: These may lead to inaccessible content.

This website is designed to be compatible with the following browsers:

• Internet Explorer (Windows) version 11.0 (limited), Microsoft Edge
• Mozilla Firefox
• Chrome
• Safari

This website is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technology:

• JAWS Screen Reader

The town of Forst (Lusatia) used the following method to evaluate the accessibility of this website: Self-assessment.

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of this website. Please contact us via one of the following channels:

Address:
Stadt Forst (Lausitz)
Die Bürgermeisterin
Lindenstraße 10 -12
D-03149 Forst (Lausitz)

Email: webmaster@forst-lausitz.de

Would you like to inform us of something quickly and easily? Then please use our our contact form. We will endeavour to get back to you within 15 working days.

Should you not be satisfied with the processing of your query or not receive any response at all from the aforementioned contact option within three (3) weeks, you can apply to the person at the enforcement body of the state of Brandenburg within the Brandenburg Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Protection responsible for enforcing the interests of people with disabilities for a review of the regulations and measures detailed in this declaration on accessibility. The enforcement body will review the legal validity of your application in terms of its content and, in individual cases, order a technical review of the website by the body responsible for monitoring the accessibility of web and application technologies of the state of Brandenburg.

Pursuant to Art. 4(3) of the Brandenburg ordinance on the creation of barrier-free information technology in accordance with the Brandenburg Equal Opportunities for Disabled Persons Act (BbgBITV), the enforcement body is tasked with resolving disputes regarding accessibility in IT between people with disabilities and public bodies in the state of Brandenburg. The enforcement procedure is free of charge. No legal assistance is required.

Contact:
Ministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Integration und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Brandenburg – Landesbehindertenbeauftragte | Durchsetzungsstelle – Henning-von-Tresckow-Straße 2–13, Haus S, 14467 Potsdam Email: durchsetzung.BIT@MSGIV.Brandenburg.de