Accessibility

Suomi.fi services have been designed to take accessibility into consideration. A key objective is equality, ensuring that everyone without discrimination can

use the services
understand the text describing the services.

The Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland supervises the implementation of the accessibility requirements in the whole country. You will find more information about the statutory requirements on the Saavutettavuus (Accessibility) website (in Finnish)Opens in a new window..

The directive of the European Parliament and of the Council specifies the minimum level of accessibility to public administration digital services. Directive on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies (2016/2102).Opens in a new window.

Accessibility means the same thing in relation to all Suomi.fi service. It means that

the content and user interfaces are as easy to understand as possible
the content and the user interfaces can be used with different terminals and devices, browsers and operating systems
the services can be use with different assisting technologies (e.g. screen reading software)
the most important informative content and some of the instructions for use of Suomi.fi-services are also published in sign language.

Suomi.fi in sign language (in Finnish and Swedish)

Note that

Organisations that have joined the Suomi.fi web service describe their own services as well as their service channels. The Digital and Population Data Services Agency gives them advice and support on how to produce clear and understandable content.
In the Suomi.fi Messages, the authority who sends a message is responsible for its accessibility.

The Suomi.fi services are for everyone. For this reason, good accessibility for all users is always the premise for their design and development.

We implement this in the following ways:

External experts specialised in accessibility train service designers and developers as well as assess the accessibility of the services.
Guaranteeing accessibility is part of the technical implementation of the services.
Review of accessibility is continuous.