Accessibility statement for the Church Council

This is an accessibility statement for the Church Council

This accessibility statement applies to the website https://evl.fi/en/ and was most recently revised on 8 October 2023. This website falls under the Finnish Act on the Provision of Digital Services, which requires public sector websites to be accessible.

An external expert organisation has assessed the accessibility of the website.

Website accessibility status

This website is currently only partially compliant with accessibility requirements.

Non-accessible content

This website is not compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) in the following ways:

Perceivable: Incorrect browsing order

Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

When the website is browsed using a keyboard or some other input device than a mouse, the active section and its pointer should move downward in the correct reading order. When using a keyboard to browse the website, the order currently deviates from the visual order in some places.

Accessibility criteria that are not met:

  • 1.3.2 Meaningful sequence
  • Perceivable: Resize text

Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

The image link to the home page disappears when using the enhanced contrast theme. The image link works incorrectly for some users that have selected a larger font size from their browser settings or are trying to enlarge the text size when browsing. When enlarging text only, the link to the home page does not resize.

Accessibility criteria that are not met:

  • 1.4.4 Resize text
  • Perceivable: Text alternatives for images

Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

Some images and images used as links may be missing text alternatives, or the text alternatives do not adequately describe the image.

Accessibility criteria that are not met:

  • 1.1.1 Non-text content
  • Perceivable: Incomplete use of heading markup

Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

The use of heading elements on the website is incomplete.

Accessibility criteria that are not met:

  • 1.3.1 Info and relationships
  • Perceivable: Attachment files that do not meet accessibility requirements

Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

The website contains attachment files (e.g. PDFs) that do not meet accessibility requirements.

Accessibility criteria that are not met:

  • 1.1.1 Non-text content
  • Perceivable: Contrast

Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

The contrast ratio is insufficient in some places where, for example, there is text over images.

Accessibility criteria that are not met:

  • 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum)
  • Understandable: Navigation on subpages

Non-accessible content and insufficiencies in such content

On some pages on the website, the same links are included twice: both in the main navigation bar and in the left-hand side navigation bar, which also includes the main navigation.

Accessibility criteria that are not met:

  • 3.2.3 Consistent navigation

Have you noticed any accessibility concerns? Let us know and we will do our best to fix them.

Report an accessibility issue

Supervisory authority

If you notice any accessibility issues on the website, please always first provide feedback to us, the site administrators. Please note that it may take up to 14 days before you receive a response. If you are not satisfied with our response, or if you do not receive a response within two weeks, please send feedback to the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland. The agency website has detailed information on how to file a complaint and how the issue will be handled.

Contact information for the supervisory authority

Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland

Accessibility Supervision Unit

www.webaccessibility.fi

saavutettavuus(at)avi.fi 

Telephone (switchboard): +358 295 016 000

response within two weeks, please send feedback to the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland. The agency website has detailed information on how to file a complaint and how the issue will be handled.

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