Accessibility Statement

Preliminary remarks

Accessibility is of central importance to us. Every citizen should be able to benefit equally from the information provided by the Institute for Technology and Work (ITA), ideally without barriers or limitations. Our central—but not the only—means of disseminating information is this website. Therefore, we are committed to making the content of our website as accessible as possible. This includes making our site usable on smartphones—with only a few limitations—thanks to a responsive design that adapts to different screen sizes. At the same time, we quickly reach financial and technical limitations.

However, this shouldn’t prevent you from using the information that might be helpful to you. Here’s our request if you experience any problems using our website:

Please use the tools to improve selected aspects of the presentation of our website (see below)
Contact usif the barriers are too high for you – we will endeavour to help you immediately. Contact information can be found on our Contact page.
Use that Feedback option „Report barrier„, which is included in the footer of each page. This helps us better understand the “problem areas” of our site and eliminate them step by step.
Regardless, we will continue to strive to make our website accessible. This is a continuous improvement process, and your support and feedback will help us to keep improving..

Explanation

This accessibility statement applies to the website of the Institute for Technology and Work (ITA) e.V. published at www.mellow-projekt.de. We strive to make our website accessible in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Disability Equality Act (BGG) and the Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV 2.0) implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102..

Status of compliance with the requirements

The accessibility requirements arise from Section 3, Paragraphs 1 to 4 and 4 of the BITV 2.0, which was issued pursuant to Section 12d of the Federal Act on the Protection of Personal Data (BGG). Compliance with these requirements is verified based on a self-assessment conducted between May 1, 2025, and May 23, 2025. Based on the review, the website is partially compliant with the aforementioned requirements due to the following exceptions.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is not accessible for the following reasons:

Alternative text descriptions: Numerous images on this website do not have a description of their content, as they are primarily decorative. Images with content are generally provided with alternative text.
PDF downloads: Currently, most PDF downloads developed externally and provided to us are not accessible. We strive to make newly uploaded PDF files accessible.
The texts on the essential content of the website, on navigation, and on the accessibility statement are not yet available in plain language (success criteria: unusual words, abbreviations, and reading level).
The texts on the essential content of the website, on navigation, and on the accessibility statement are not yet available in German Sign Language. (success criterion: sign language)
In some cases, there are color combinations in which contrasts are not high enough (success criterion Contrast Minimum).

This statement was created or updated on May 27, 2025.

Improvement of selected aspects of the website display

To further improve the usability of our website, we have installed the “Ally” tool, which allows you to customize some of the website’s settings to your needs. These include:

Display text larger
Use a more readable font
Display the entire page in grayscale (i.e., without color)
Increase the contrast of the content
Show and hide a reading mask to aid reading
Show and hide images
Pause animations
Clearly highlight links that are sometimes not recognizable as such

Report barrier

Please use ours Report a barrier page, to report any problems with the website and your access to it. You can find direct access to this reporting page in the footer of every page.