Accessibility statement

VARIO strives to make its website accessible, in accordance with the administrative decree of 7 December 2018 transposing the European Directive 2016/2102.

This accessibility statement applies to the website https://www.vario.be/ and was drawn up by the VARIO staff. The last revision dates from August 19, 2024.

The website was tested for web accessibility through two samples from the Diversity Policy Department of the Government Personnel Agency of the Flemish government. The most recent is dated July 31, 2024 and can be found here.

The accessibility of our website is also regularly checked through an Accessibility check developed by the FPS BOSA. It is a tool that you can install in the bookmarks bar of your internet browser and that, based on a number of tests, creates a report on the accessibility of the web page you visit.

This website is partially compliant with WCAG 2.1 level AAA, as the requirements below are not met.

• Images and other non-text content
  For certain images and other non-textual content, no textual alternative is yet available. Retesting is done on a regular basis to supplement these.

• Video content
  Not all videos have subtitles, audio description or a transcript yet.

• Pdf files
  Pdf files downloaded from our website may cause accessibility issues.

• Use of ReCaptcha in forms: to prevent spam we use ReCaptcha in our forms. However, this may lead to accessibility issues for some users.

• Contrast of text and background: the contrast ratio between white text and the blue background on our website meets the AA standard, but not the AAA standard everywhere.

For inaccessible elements, there is currently not always an alternative available. Some documents are not yet fully accessible, especially documents in PDF format. To obtain an accessible version of a PDF document, please contact us (see contact details below).

If you experience a problem with this website, please report it via the contact form or by e-mail at vario@vlaanderen.be or by telephone during working hours, at the number 02 553 24 40. Please provide the location (link) to the web page where you encountered the problem.

Not satisfied with the response to your notifications or requests sent? Please contact the Flemish Ombudsman Service by email at klachten@vlaamseombudsdienst.be, or by calling 1700.

Our efforts are focused on making our website and published documents fully accessible to everyone.