Accessibility is very important to AGES.

We endeavour to make our websites accessible in accordance with the Web Accessibility Act (WZG) as amended to implement Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies (OJ L 327, 2.12.2016, p. 1).
This accessibility statement applies to the website www.ages.at.

Status of compliance with the requirements

This website is partially compliant with conformance level AA of the "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Web - WCAG 2.1" or with the applicable European Standard EN 301 549 V2.1.2 (2018-08) due to the following incompatibilities and exceptions.

Content that is not accessible

The content listed below is not accessible for the following reasons

(a) Incompatibility with accessibility regulations

For some non-decorative images in the content, the alternative text is missing, so this information is not accessible for screen reader users. This means that WCAG success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content) is not met. We plan to add alternative text to all non-decorative images. All new images will be published together with alternative texts.
Some web pages contain links with identical link text that lead to different destinations. This means that the WCAG success criterion 2.4.4 (link purpose in context) is not fulfilled. We plan to revise the link texts in the content of the affected websites.

b) Disproportionate load

Our videos are hosted and published on the video platform YouTube. It is not possible to provide the required audio descriptions for some of these videos. This means that WCAG success criterion 1.2.5 (audio description recorded) is not met. We are of the opinion that a correction would represent a disproportionate burden in terms of the accessibility regulations.

c) The content does not fall within the scope of the applicable legislation:

Many, predominantly older PDF documents and Office documents are not accessible. For example, PDF documents are not tagged so that they cannot be recognised and used by screen reader users, or only to an insufficient extent. This means that WCAG success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role, value) is not fulfilled.

No comprehensive change is currently planned for older non-accessible documents that are still exempt from Directive (EU) 2016/2102. Please let us know if you have any difficulties with specific documents. We will make the content accessible on request and replace the documents or add accessible alternatives. For new documents, we endeavour to make them accessible in accordance with WCAG 2.1 and PDF/UA-compliant before publication.

Creation of this accessibility statement

This statement was created on 30 January 2022 and updated in January 2025.

The assessment of the website's compliance with the WZG for the implementation of the requirements of Directive (EU) 2016/2102 was carried out by a third party(Siteimprove) in the form of an evaluation of the basic components of selected web pages by means of an evaluation in accordance with WCAG 2.1 AA in January 2025. Individual page content is regularly checked by the web editorial team when new content is published.

Feedback and contact details

The offers and services on this website are constantly being improved, exchanged and expanded. Usability and accessibility are very important to us.
If you notice any barriers that prevent you from using our website - problems that are not described in this statement, shortcomings in terms of compliance with accessibility requirements - please let us know by e-mail. We will check your enquiry and contact you as soon as possible.
Please send all notifications and suggestions to presse@ages.at. Please describe the problem and provide us with the URL(s) of the affected website or document.

Enforcement procedure

In the event of unsatisfactory responses from the above contact option, you can contact the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) by means of a complaint. The FFG accepts complaints electronically via the contact form.

Contact form of the complaints office

These complaints are examined by the FFG to determine whether they relate to violations of the provisions of the Web Accessibility Act, in particular deficiencies in compliance with accessibility requirements, by the federal government or an organisation attributable to it. If the complaint is justified, the FFG must issue recommendations for action to the federal government or the legal entities concerned and propose measures to remedy the deficiencies in question.

Further information on the complaints procedure