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Accessibility Statement

The Ruhr Innovation Lab seeks to make its websites and mobile applications accessible pursuant to EU Directive 2016/2102. The following Accessibility Statement documents the implementation status for the website ruhr-innovation-lab.de in compliance with the Ordinance of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Creation of Barrier-Free Information Technology in Accordance with the Act on Equal Opportunities for Disabled Persons (BITVNRW).

Status of Conformity with Accessibility Requirements

This website is partly compliant with EU Directive 2016/2102.

Verification method: Self-Assessment
Compiled on: 24.07.2025
Last verified on: 24.07.2025

Non-accessible Content:

The content listed below is non-accessible:

  • Videos integrated in the website do not have audio descriptions.
  • Not all of the currently used shades of color achieve the required contrast at a browser zoom factor of 100 percent.
  • The map of the research landscape in the Ruhr region is not fully described in the alternative text.

Reasons:

  • It has not been possible yet to add audio descriptions to the currently available video material.

Accessible Alternatives:

  • The integrated videos are YouTube files with the option of displaying automatic subtitles.
  • The contents of the map of the research landscape in the Ruhr region, the individual institutions and and their locations are listed on the „Network“ webpage.
  • In all other cases, please use the feedback form below.

Feedback and Contact Details

You can report cases of non-compliance with accessibility requirements to us and request in­for­mation on content which is excluded from the directive.

Contact:

Dr. Gunter Friedrich
Ruhr-Innovation Lab
Send e-mail
Phone: +49 (0)231-755 7556

Feedback:

If you would like to contact the Ruhr Innovation Lab please use our feedback form. Please indicate “Accessibility” in your message and tell us which content you are referring to by stating the URL.

Enforcement Procedure

If you have not received a satisfactory answer to your messages or queries regarding accessibility within six weeks, you can call in the arbitrator for accessible IT. He or she reports to the Commissioner for Matters relating to Disabled Persons in accordance with Section 11 of the Act on Equal Opportunities for Disabled Persons of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. If you wish to initiate an arbitration procedure, you can complete the corresponding application form and send via e-mail to the arbitration board. You can find further information on how to submit an application on the arbitration board’s website (in German).

Arbitration Board for Barrier-Free Information Technology of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia at the Office of the Commissioner for Matters relating to Disabled Persons
Fürstenwall 25  
40219 Düsseldorf