Accessibility Responsible Units

The Units responsible for Accessibility (IVR) are responsible for ensuring compliance with accessibility requirements of the websites and applications for mobile devices within its sphere of competence, considering all possible public bodies and entities under public law dependent.

The scope of designation of the units according to its scope is:

• A for each unit Ministry in the area of the Branches.
• A for each unit Regional Government .
• In the local entities and other agencies required (such as universities, courts, Congress, senate, etc.) shall be elected according to their own organizational characteristics, the unit responsible for accessibility. Each local authority to designate his unit responsible for accessibility except those cases, considering the size of the local authority and the work undertaken since the diputation or equivalent, be appropriate to appoint an accessibility responsible Only for multiple local entities.

FUNCTIONS

The functions of these units are:

• Coordinate and ensure effective communication established, to ensure that the inquiries, suggestions, communications, complaints and applications received are addressed effectively.
• Addressing and responding to claims that may be redirigidas.
• Assessment carried out for the exception of compliance with accessibility requirements for imposing them a disproportionate burden .
• Coordination the periodic revisions of accessibility with the collaboration, if any, of information and communications.
• To coordinate and promote advocacy, awareness-raising and training .
• Make the annual reports set .
• Act as contact point with the agency responsible for monitoring and reporting and collaborate with the tasks assigned to it.
• Any other, that in ensuring the accessibility of websites and applications for mobile devices to be awarded.

ANNUAL REPORTS

Each Unit responsible for accessibility must prepare each year, three reports on their performance, whose specific formats are shown below:

• I report on the attention of complaints and claims ( ODS format ) ( XLSX format )
• Follow-up report on compliance with accessibility requirements ( ODS format ) ( XLSX format )
• Follow-up report on the promotion, awareness-raising and training ( ODS format ) ( XLSX format )

Such reports must be released before the 1 october each year (from 2020). After that date, the ministry of economic and Digital Transformation through the Web accessibility Observatory will get in touch with the units Responsible for Accessibility, stating a way of getting these reports.

APPOINTMENTS

The procedure established for the notice of appointment or the modification of a unit responsible for accessibility is by surveying the mail account of the Observatory of Web Accessibility ( observ.accesibilidad@correo.gob.es ) a document signed electronically, which includes the following information:

• Contact details of the unit designated: name or named, code DIR3, address, phone and email.
• Holder designated unit:
  • Name and surname
  • Email