Declaration of availability

The office  of the City of Hartford undertakes to ensure the accessibility of its website in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 4 April 2019 on digital accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public entities. The accessibility statement applies to the website https://hartford.participatory-budgeting.com.

The declaration was drawn up based on a self-assessment carried out by a public entity.

Site availability

The https://hartford.participatory-budgeting.com website has been designed to be accessible to the widest possible group of users, regardless of the technology used, software or disability. We are constantly looking for solutions to increase the accessibility and usability of our website.
If you have any remarks or comments, please contact us: kontakt@budzet-obywatelski.org.

The https://hartford.participatory-budgeting.com website is an information website containing a collection of tools dedicated to the Participatory Budget process.

Status in terms of compliance with the act

The website is partially compliant with the Act of April 4, 2019 on digital accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public entities due to non-compliance or inclusions listed below:

• selected documents published on the website may be unavailable due to the fact that: they come from different sources (e.g. from the authors of project proposals), which made it impossible to influence their target content and shape, they were published based on the principles of the Participatory Budget, they have a structure, in which there is no possibility of interference, were published before the entry into force of the Digital Accessibility Act,
• most photos and graphic materials are provided with alternative text, but there may be some - especially those published before the entry into force of the Digital Accessibility Act, in which an alternative description was missing; in current materials of this type published on the platform, we make every effort to ensure that they are created in accordance with the recommendations of accessibility.

Exclusions:

• some graphic files (maps and visual documentation) are exempt from the obligation to provide alternative descriptions

Compatibility

The website is fully recognizable by reading programs for the blind.
The website can be operated both by means of a keyboard and a mouse.

Appearance

The website is equipped with mechanisms that facilitate viewing content by visually impaired people:

• changing the font size,
• contrast change,
• the entire site is based on CSS styles.

The website can be viewed on the screens of mobile devices, such as mobile phones and tablets.
It was built based on the Responsive Web Design method, thanks to which it automatically adjusts website modules to the screen resolution of the mobile device.

Keyboard Shortcuts

The website does not contain keyboard shortcuts that could conflict with assistive technologies (e.g. reading programs), the system or users' applications.

Feedback and contact details

In case of problems with the accessibility of the website, please contact us. The contact person is:

• Kamil Orzechowski,
• E-mail: kontakt@budzet-obywatelski.org,
• Phone number: +48 606 290 288

In the same way, you can submit notifications, requests for access to unavailable information and submit complaints about the lack of availability.

Procedure

Everyone has the right to request the availability of a digital website, mobile application or any element thereof. You can also request information in alternative forms, such as reading a digitally unavailable document, describing the content of a film without audio description, etc. The request should include the data of the person making the request, an indication of which website or mobile application it is about and the method of contact. If the requesting person requests information in an alternative form, he should also specify the form of this information.

The public entity should fulfill the request immediately and no later than within 7 days. If it is not possible to meet this deadline, the public entity shall immediately inform about when it will be possible to fulfill the request, but this period may not be longer than 2 months. If accessibility is not possible, the public entity may propose an alternative way of accessing the information.

In the event that the entity refuses to comply with the request to provide access or alternative access to information, you can file a complaint against such action.

After exhausting all possibilities, the complaint can also be sent to the Commissioner for Human Rights.