Re: About VPAT usage in the EU

Thanks very much Christophe for the confirmation and the  supporting details.
Best wishes,
Sailesh

On 10/15/19, Christophe Strobbe <strobbe@hdm-stuttgart.de> wrote:
> Hi Sailesh
>
> On 10/10/19 19:31, Sailesh Panchang wrote:
>> Is it customary  in the EU to require ICT vendors  to provide a VPAT
>> to support an accessibility claim for ICT-product / service?
>> In other words, do public sector bodies   or corporations in the EU
>> require  a VPAT from their ICT vendors?
>
> The VPAT is something I only know from the context of Section 508 of the
> USA's Rehabilitation Act.
> When I searched a number of European top-level domains for VPAT
> (combined with the terms "accessibility" and "template"), I found
> companies and institutions that mention Section 508. I have listed a few
> examples below.
>
> The term I would expect in a European context is "Supplier's Declaration
> of Conformity", but since that is based on an ISO standard (ISO 17050),
> there is not specifically European about it.
>
> * University of Northampton: The Kaltura Accessibility statement:
> https://askus.northampton.ac.uk/Learntech/faq/188896 (Mentions WCAG 2.1
> AA but not Section 508.)
> * ZenDesk:
> https://www.zendesk.co.uk/company/policies-procedures/accessibility/
> (WCAG 2.0 and Section 508.)
> * PebblePad UK:
> https://community.pebblepad.co.uk/support/solutions/articles/13000066857-pebblepad-voluntary-product-accessibility-template-
> (Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and WCAG 2.1 Levels A and AA.)
> * ARROW@TU Dublin: https://arrow.dit.ie/accessibility.html (WCAG 2.0
> Level AA and Section 508.)
> * SWORD - South West Open Research Deposit (Cork, Ireland):
> https://sword.cit.ie/accessibility.html (WCAG 2.0 Level AA and Section
> 508.)
> * Communardo (German domain):
> https://support.communardo.de/display/KB/Accessibility+for+Confluence+VPAT+for+Section+508+compliance
> (Confluence is developed by the Australian company Atlassian.)
>
> Best regards,
>
> Christophe Strobbe
>
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>


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Sailesh Panchang
Principal Accessibility Consultant
Deque Systems Inc
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Received on Wednesday, 16 October 2019 19:02:45 UTC