audit-pollinera-horizon.eu-2026-10

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Accessibility statement

The PollinERA consortium is committed to making its website accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. The website, pollinera-horizon.eu, is operated by Pensoft Publishers on behalf of the consortium.

This statement covers the website, including the documents and videos published on it.

1. The standard we follow

We follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA. This covers the web requirements of the harmonised European standard EN 301 549 V3.2.1, and it is the level that the newer EN 301 549 V4.1.1, published in September 2026, sets for web content.

We publish this statement voluntarily, following the model accessibility statement in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1523.

2. Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with WCAG 2.2 Level AA and EN 301 549 V3.2.1. It meets most of their requirements; the exceptions are listed in section 4.

3. What we have done

Since the first evaluation in [DATE: month and year of the first evaluation], we have fixed the following:

  • a clearly visible keyboard focus on all links, buttons and form fields;
  • a “Skip to main content” link on every page;
  • a logical heading structure on every page, with full news titles in headings;
  • descriptive page titles for events and news articles;
  • more meaningful text alternatives for images;
  • the reading order of the Work packages page, and keyboard access to each work package;
  • the Get involved form: accessible selection controls, required fields that assistive technologies recognise, and success and error messages that screen readers announce;
  • names for the search buttons in the Library, so screen readers announce what they do.

4. Known limitations

The following parts of the website do not yet fully meet the standard:

  • Main navigation: the drop-down menus cannot be opened with a keyboard.
  • Library: the sort control has no label, and the two links to our publication collections in open-access journals have no text that describes them.
  • Search results: some results for partners appear as empty links with no text.
  • Newsletters page: the names of the “view online” links do not match their visible text, which can stop voice control users from activating them.
  • Archived newsletters: the web versions of our past newsletters, hosted by MailerLite, contain layout tables that screen readers announce as data tables, images without text alternatives, low-contrast text, links without text, and no page language. If you need a past newsletter in an accessible format, contact us.
  • Webpages: some text may not have enough colour contrast with its background.
  • Documents: our Library holds project documents such as deliverables, publications, scientific posters and newsletters. Some of them may not be fully accessible. If you need any document in an accessible format, contact us and we will provide it within [2 – CONTACT: a realistic time, e.g. 10 working days].
  • Videos: some of our videos do not yet have captions. If you need a transcript, contact us.
  • [AUDIT – if the sign-up is not evaluated before publication:] Newsletter sign-up: the sign-up form, provided by MailerLite, has not yet been evaluated. If you cannot use it, email [2 – CONTACT] and we will add you to the mailing list.

We update this list after each review. We do not claim that fixing any of these issues would be a disproportionate burden.

Not covered by this statement: publications hosted by journals and other external publishers, which are covered by those publishers’ own statements, and the interfaces of third-party platforms such as the YouTube player and social media sites.

5. How we tested

We evaluated the website against WCAG 2.2 Level AA on 30 April 2026 and re-tested it on 30 July 2026. The evaluation was carried out by a third party,Access Drum.

It combined an automated scan with the IBM Equal Access Accessibility Checker and manual testing with a keyboard and NVDA screen reader with Firefox and Chrome on Windows. It covered 13 pages: the home page, search results, About, Work packages, Partners, Library, Events and one event, News and one news article, Newsletters and one archived newsletter, and Get involved.

The sample was chosen to cover the website’s different templates, layouts and types of content. Pages outside the sample may have issues that are not listed in this statement. If you find one, please tell us.

6. Feedback and contact

If you find content you cannot access, or you need information in another format, please contact us:

  • Email: [2 – CONTACT: a role-based address, e.g. accessibility@… – not a personal mailbox]
  • Phone: [2 – CONTACT: optional]
  • Post: [2 – CONTACT: optional postal address]

Please tell us the web address of the page, what the problem is, and which browser and assistive technology you use, if any. We aim to reply within [2 – CONTACT: e.g. 10 working days].

7. If you are not satisfied with our reply

Please write to the project coordinator at Aarhus University, [2 – CONTACT: coordinator’s address], who will review your request.

8. Updates

This statement was prepared on [DATE: statement date] and last reviewed on [DATE: review date]. We re-evaluate the website and review this statement at least once a year, and after any major change to the website. [AUDIT – keep only if this is in place:] We also check new pages, documents and videos for accessibility before we publish them.

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