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- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:07:29 +0000
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Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025Time: 14:00–14:50 CET Participants Kosei Oki, Robin Liendeborg, Jakob Rosin, Tobias Nyhuus Jensen, Christer Janzon, Thomas Nielsen, Sander Bijsingh, Umut Gultekin, Anna-Liia Mattila, Sanna Kramsi, Erik Gustafsson Spagnoli 1. Monitoring & Enforcement Updates Sweden Monitoring under the European Accessibility Act started two weeks ago. Companies are beginning to respond after a period of waiting to see how enforcement would unfold. Initial tests focus on: Start page Search functionality Product page(s) Accessibility documentation (e.g., accessibility statements) Four testers are currently employed; two more positions are planned. No consulting agencies are involved in the monitoring at this stage, and not expected in the near future. The initial scope is small – mainly large companies active in Sweden. There was agreement that consistency in testing across countries is important. Denmark Published some accessibility resources and reached out to several companies. No central agency offering consulting or direct support to companies (unlike Estonia’s advisory approach). Finland No major updates reported. Estonia Government provides general guidance on accessibility but does not have dedicated staff for EAA monitoring. Discussion about potential inclusion of parcel lockers as part of the e-commerce flow under the EAA. Action Erik & Tobias will both reach out to monitoring agencies (Sweden & Denmark) to ask about their testing language and monitoring status. WCAG 2.2, which is now approved as an ISO/IEC international standard (source). It is unclear whether some countries are actually using this version of WCAG when monitoring. 2. Education & Outreach Accessibility in Higher Education General agreement that accessibility remains underrepresented in design and development curricula. Universities are typically slower to adapt, but some two-year schools include accessibility more actively. Anna-Liisa shared Maija Koivisto’s PhD defence on interpretation in higher education as an inspiring example (LinkedIn post). Teach Access Europe Teach Access has expanded its activities to Europe: https://www.teachaccess.org/initiatives/europe/ Tobias will contact Teach Access Europe. Anna-Liisa may reach out to them on behalf of Finland. Shared contact: info@teachaccess.org Example from Denmark A student (Kosei) described an Accessibility Day at a Danish university covering laws, regulations, keyboard use, and font design. However, accessibility rarely becomes part of the curriculum since companies don’t demand it as a required skill. 3. Events & Interpretation Jakob and Tobias shared experiences from arranging AccessibleEU events with full accessibility support. The Danish setup includes: Two Deaf interpreters Two hearing “feeders” supporting them Two live captioners Important learning: While inclusion is essential, booking interpreters without confirmed need can be sensitive due to interpreter scarcity. 4. Additional Resources Mentioned WCAG 2.2 approved as ISO/IEC standard – W3C press release The Inclusive Speaker by Denis Boudreau – inklusiv.ca/books Next Steps / Follow-up: Erik to gather monitoring status updates from agencies. Tobias to contact Teach Access Europe. Anna-Liisa to (potentially) explore Finnish outreach to Teach Access. Continue sharing national EAA monitoring experiences at next meeting. ---------- This post sent on Nordic Accessibility Community Group 'Nordic Accessibility Community Group meeting: October 23rd 2025' https://www.w3.org/community/nordic-accessibility/2025/10/23/nordic-accessibility-community-group-meeting-october-23rd-2025/ Learn more about the Nordic Accessibility Community Group: https://www.w3.org/community/nordic-accessibility
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