We welcome feedback on our website. If you experience problems with accessibility or translations, you can contact us so that we can improve the website.

Accessibility Statement for Alandliving.ax

Alandliving.ax belongs to the Åland Islands Employment and Study Service Authority (AMS). We want as many people as possible to be able to use the website.

This page describes how Alandliving.ax complies with the regional law (2019:7) on accessible websites and mobile applications within public administration, what shortcomings may exist, and how you can notify us of any issues.

How accessible is the website?

The website Alandliving.ax is partially compliant with the requirements of the regional law and with WCAG 2.1 level AA.

This means that most things work well, but some parts are not yet fully accessible.

What can you do if you cannot use parts of the website?

If you need information from the website in another format, or if something does not work for you, you can contact us.
We will try to help as quickly as possible.

Report accessibility shortcomings

We continuously work to improve accessibility on Alandliving.ax. If you discover issues that are not mentioned on this page, or if you believe the website does not meet legal requirements, we ask you to contact us.

Email: info@alandliving.ax

Supervision

The Government of Åland is responsible for supervising the regional law on accessible websites and mobile applications within public administration.

If you are not satisfied with how we handle your feedback, you can contact the registrar of the Government of Åland by email: registrator@regeringen.ax

Technical information about website accessibility

The website is built in Drupal and is partially compliant with WCAG 2.1 level AA.

Content that is not fully accessible

• Images: Some images that are important to the content may lack sufficient text descriptions.
• Forms: There may be forms where fields, error messages, or keyboard navigation do not work optimally with assistive tools.
• PDF documents: Not all PDF files are fully accessibility-adapted, for example for screen readers.
• Maps: Maps used on the website may be difficult to use with a keyboard or screen reader. The information is generally also available as text.
• Language and translation: The website's main language is Swedish. One page contains English content (Newcomers guide). The website can be translated using an automatic translation function. Automatic translations may contain errors and are not always fully accessible.

Translations

The content in Finnish and English is machine-translated from Swedish using AI tools. The translations are intended to provide a good understanding of the content, but minor discrepancies may occur. If you have any questions or uncertainties, you are always welcome to contact Åland Living. 

Follow-up

We monitor the website's accessibility internally and take user feedback into account. Improvements are made as needed.