Digital accessibility for suppliers

Do you create digital services for governments or businesses? Find out how you can help your customers with digital accessibility.

The benefits of digitally accessible websites and apps
Why should my software be WCAG-compliant?
Providence burden for your government customers
How we help suppliers

Voor leveranciers in het kort

Als software-leverancier van digitale diensten en producten aan de overheid of bedrijven kan het zijn dat je gevraagd wordt te leveren conform WCAG of soortgelijke. Overheden en bedrijven moeten voldoen aan de Wet Digitale Overheid of de European Accessibility Act. Dat is de reden dat zij de eis bij jou neerleggen dat je software voldoet aan de Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

Alles over de WCAG

Cardan voor leveranciers

Daarvoor is het belangrijk dat je weet wat je moet doen om toegankelijk te zijn en te blijven. Hiervoor biedt Cardan je de volledige begeleiding om te voldoen aan de WCAG. Samen maken we de wereld digitaal toegankelijk.

Project management voor leveranciers

Why does my software need to be WCAG-compliant?

Help your government customer

Your software must comply with WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) because of the legal requirements (Digital Government Act) for digital accessibility. Government organisations are obliged to buy only software that is accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities.

Help your business as a customer

This is also crucial for you as a supplier supplying companies that will soon have to comply with the European Accessibility Act. For both audiences, the WCAG is the main starting point.

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These suppliers were ahead of you

Proud Nerds
"We invest in our designers and developers to build digitally accessible. We do this together with Cardan. Together, we draw attention to digital accessibility within healthcare via access.denied.nu."
PinkRoccade
With digital accessibility, it really is also in small details. Cardan made us very aware of that during the audit!
SkillsTown
SkillsTown provides the inclusive online learning platform for professionals. Together, we have ensured that SkillsTown's LMS is fully digitally accessible. Any professional, regardless of disability, can now use the LMS.
Shift2.
Shift2, formerly Simgroup, creates websites and applications for hundreds of government customers. Cardan and Simgroep joined forces to make the technology Shift2 uses accessible. This way, there is always a technically digitally accessible foundation to all websites and applications that are built.

The benefits of digitally accessible websites and apps

You reach more people!

With a digitally accessible website or app, you ensure that at least 2.5 million Dutch people and many more Europeans can also use your services. By doing so, you also comply with the UN Convention: the Equal Treatment on the Grounds of Disability Act.

Inclusive organisation

Being engaged in digital accessibility not only outwardly makes you an inclusive organisation. You are directly aware of the potential challenges that your colleagues also have. Just think about cognitive limitations that you don't see on someone, but can be a challenge for people.

Direct savings

Make your website or app directly accessible according to WCAG. Making it accessible afterwards will cost you more time and money.

In addition, people can use an accessible website better and find it via Google, for example. So it saves time for your customer service and you will be found faster.

Clarity to customer

If you are a supplier to the government or business, the standard is that you deliver digitally accessible. By reporting the accessibility of your product, you deliver clarity to the customer. Your customer knows exactly what they can expect from you. You do this by means of a WCAG report via a technical survey.

I want to audit my platform

Burden of proof for your government clients

Governments must demonstrate the digital accessibility of their services with an accessibility survey. Do you supply digital products to the government? Then you must prove that they are digitally accessible.

The report

You provide this proof via a report according to the WCAG-EM evaluation method. Make sure the report meets all requirements and add it to the VNG software catalogue if it is useful for municipalities.

With our help, you ensure both proof to your current customers and new customers. Secondly, we take care of securing digital accessibility in your processes and organisation.

Project management for suppliers

Een collega van websteen staat met een certificaat in zijn hand

How we help you as a supplier

Your consultant

Through fixed contact moments and a regular consultant, we help make your software accessible in phases.

Burden of proof for your platform

To your customers, you need the burden of proof to meet their expectations. To that end, we draw up a good declaration so you can show that you provide digitally accessible software!

Embedding in your organisation

We ensure that WCAG is secured in your organisation. Think about boosting knowledge about WCAG and improving internal processes.

Your products and services for everyone

Like Carolina, are you ravingly excited by digital accessibility? Or are you just struggling with your hands? Contact us and we will be happy to help you get started.