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Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement

The Royal Observatory of Belgium is committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the following legislation: Law of July 19, 2018, on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector organizations.

This accessibility statement applies to the website: https://www.astro.oma.be

Compliance Status

Our website does not meet the accessibility requirements as described in the content accessibility rules (EN 301 549 standard). Not all requirements have been met.

Preparation of the Accessibility Statement

An external accessibility audit was carried out. This audit consisted of a simplified analysis. You can consult the report here: https://scan.accessibility.belgium.be/en/report/2023/www.astro.oma.be

Non-Accessible Content

Perceivable:

  • Link titles describing the link function for anchor elements.
  • Alt attributes on certain img elements.
  • h1-h6 tags to identify section headers.
  • Semantic markup for underlined or special text.
  • Contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 between text (and text in image form) and the text background.

Operable:

  • Keyboard-accessible functionalities.
  • Focus visibility.

Understandable:

  • Use of language attributes in the html element.
  • Success Criterion 4.1.1 related to duplicate ID values.
  • Use of form elements and links.

Proposed Alternatives

No alternatives provided.

Contact Details

If you have any questions or feedback regarding the accessibility of our site/application, please contact:

Postal Address:

Royal Observatory of Belgium
Avenue Circulaire/Ringlaan, 3
1180 Brussels
Belgium

E-mail: helpdesk@oma.be
Tel: +32 (0) 2 373 02 46

If the response is not satisfactory, you can follow our complaints procedure. If you do not agree with the response provided by our complaints service, you can contact the Federal Ombudsman:

Rue de Louvain 48 bte 6 / Leuvenseweg 48 bus 6
1000 Brussels

contact@federalombudsman.be

Federal Ombudsman Website

Improvement Plan

Accessibility will be reviewed during the course of 2026.

This statement was prepared on 10/06/2023.

The last review of the statement took place on 03/26/2026.