1. Accessibility on cultural websites in Sweden Susanna Laurin susanna.laurin@funka.com Twitter @FunkaNu

2. Thanks to the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation and Arcada

3. Funka Founded by Swedish disability organisations Private company 2000 Oslo 2010 Madrid 2013

4. What we do Consulting Development Analysis, test and advice Training Research Government assignments Collaboration projects Standardization

5. The legal framework UNCRPD (Ds 2008:23) Work environment (1977:1160) Regulation on public authorities (SFS 2001:526) Procurement legislation (LOU 2007:1091, 6 kap 1§) Language legislation (2009:600) Anti-discrimination act (2008:567) >> WCAG 2.0 (W3C)

7. We believe in sharing knowledge

8. All of public sector … Government authorities Regional authorities Local authorities All the grey zones Non-profit organisations >> a little bit of the private sector

9. Culture – under the radar

10. Cultural institutions in general High ambitions Low on resources Pedagogical work A sense of responsibility ”Special needs” The built environment

11. A new approach

12. Swedish Arts Council Sector authority Promote and encourage Government assignment Policy 2011-2016

13. Requirements Action plan for accessibility 2013 Fix “easily remedied obstacles” in the built environment 2016 Accessible web sites and e-services 2016 >> to get government grants

14. The scope Regional: Museums Theatres Music scenes Libraries Freelance groups when applicable

15. Or else?

16. Reality check 5 cluster sample tests From WCAG 2.0 AA EU approved indicators Full transparency

17. The tests performed Headings Captions Keyboard control Visual focus Code validation

18. Results 26 % compliance on average 18 % do not fullfill one single criteria

19. All tested websites

20. Music scenes

21. Theatre

22. Libraries

23. Museums

24. Monitoring?

25. Carrot or stick? Requirements plus budget Help and support Work together At a policy level Strategic decisions

26. A part from the money Alternative cost? Solutions do not have to be perfect Ask the users! >> Please do something …

27. To make things happen Awareness (or interest) Competence Requirements Procurement Implementation Controll >> and again …

28. Design for all – what is the alternative?