Declaration of Accessibility and Usability

I. Conformity status

The website Hydrographic Institute the Hydrographic Institute is fully in line with Decree-Law No 83/2018 of 19 October.

II. Preparation of this declaration of accessibility and usability

This declaration was updated to 2024-10-02.

In accordance with Article 9 of Decree-Law No 83/2018, entities are required to adopt the following monitoring procedures. Procedures A) and B) are mandatory. Procedure C) is recommended.

A. Automatic evaluations carried out

1. (2021-07-20). Report: Accessibility practice report Web (W3C WCAG 2.1)
   • Tool used: Access Monitor
   • Sample: 80 pages.
   • Principais resultados (sumário): Foram avaliadas 80 páginas com a ferramenta Access Monitor, obtendo pontuação 10 em todas elas. Sumário: https://hidrografico.pt/recursos/files/acessibilidade/acessibilidade.zip

B. Manual evaluations carried out:

1. (2024-10-02). Report:
   • Sample: N pages.
   • Main results (heuristics satisfied/total heuristics applied): 24/24

1. (2024-10-02). Report:
   • Sample: N pages.
   • Main results (heuristics satisfied/total heuristics applied): 17/17

1. (2024-10-02). Report:
   • Sample: N pages.
   • Main results (heuristics satisfied/total heuristics applied): 10/10

C. Usability tests with people with disabilities:

The website has not yet been tested with disabled users.

III. Contact and request for information on the website

To contact, submit suggestions, make complaints or request additional information regarding the contents and/or functionalities present on the Hydrographic Institute website, please use the following means:

acessibilidade@hidrografico.pt

IV. Other evidence

Other evidence

The website of the Instituteal Portal of the Hydrographic Institute examined:

• Checklist "Contents"
• An accessibility test battery of an automatic validation tool commonly used in the market for ‘AA’ compliance
• Checklist “Transaction”
• Efectuou testes de usabilidade com utilizadores reais, exceto com utilizadores portadores de deficiência, embora exista intenção de os realizar logo que possível.

V. Discrimination

In accordance with Article 13(1) of Decree-Law No 83/2018 of 19 October, where a person with disabilities is treated less favourably than that who is, has been or will be given to another person in a comparable situation, who constitutes a discriminatory practice against persons with disabilities, provided for and punished under the terms of the Article 4 of Law No 46/2006 of 28 AugustThe person may lodge a complaint in accordance with the provisions of Decree-Law No 34/2007 of 15 February.

The National Institute for Rehabilitation (INR, I.P.), provides a form to report discrimination situations, forwarding the complaints to the competent authorities. Annually, the INR, I.P. draws up an annual report on law enforcement prohibiting and punishing discrimination on the grounds of disability and the existence of an increased health risk (Law No 46/2006 of 28 August).

This Declaration of Accessibility and Usability was created with the help of WAI-Tools PT v1.5 generator, developed under the project WAI-Tools, of which the AMA is an integral part. The Declaration was conceived in accordance with Decree-Law No 83/2018 of 19 October.