Accessibility Statement

The EMS is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone, and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Measures to support accessibility

The EMS takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of the EMS website:

  • Include accessibility as part of our mission statement.
  • Assign clear accessibility targets and responsibilities.
  • Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. The EMS website is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard. Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the EMS platform. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on the EMS platform: all contact details can be found on our contact page. We try to respond to feedback within 5 business days. Technical specifications

Accessibility of the EMS website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Assessment approach

The EMS assessed the accessibility of the EMS platform by the following approaches:

  • Self-evaluation
  • Automated accessibility checks for every change on the website.