{"id":3667,"date":"2025-01-28T08:18:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T08:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artscouncil.abcnow.xyz\/?page_id=3667"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:30:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:30:50","slug":"accessibbility-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/accessibbility-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Arts Council Malta is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. We are actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of our website and in doing so adhere to many of the available standards and guidelines<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Compliance Process<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Our website is designed to work with the most recent internet browsers such Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari and Firefox.<\/p>

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As part of this action, we adhere to the accessibility standard EN310549 and WCAG2.1 guidelines. Our online resources and forms are evaluated, both manually and automatically, in order to conform to the WCAG 2.1 Level AA guidelines. The website is designed to function well and be accessible when being accessed with appropriately updated hardware and software products.<\/p>

Further recognizing that adherence to standards and guidelines, cannot on its own guarantee that a product is accessible, we additionally carry out usability evaluations in a joint effort with users, in order to gather the necessary feedback. We also strive to implement accessibility for information channels that are provided via other platforms wherever possible, such as social media.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Accessibility Measures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Our website does not depend on font, amplification and colour modification widgets, the reason being that such functionalities are already incorporated in most internet browsers or are available by means of different add-ons and plugins which various users are allowed to modify to their requirements. In fact, such customisations are available for most websites, not just Festivals Malta’s one. In order to allow for this level of customisation, we seek to maximise compatibility with these user modifications.<\/p>

As part of and in addition to the above-mentioned guidelines, our website implements the following accessibility features:<\/p>