Declaration on digital accessibility

The German Music Council endeavours to make its websites accessible, including the website www.bundesjazzorchester.de. The website should be designed in such a way that it complies with the national legislation implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament, the Disability Equality Act North Rhine-Westphalia - BGG NRW (§ 10 to § 10e) and the Barrier-free Information Technology Ordinance North Rhine-Westphalia - BITVNRW.

www.bundesjazzorchester.de is largely barrier-free. We see accessibility as an ongoing process, which is why our website is constantly being reviewed and optimised. The requirements of BITV 2.0 are largely fulfilled from a technical point of view.

The company Fixpunkt GmbH(https://www.fixpunkt.com) from Bonn realises the technical check of accessibility. The aim is to significantly improve the result generated by the SaaS tool "Eye Able". Fixpunkt also bases its optimisation on the test steps of the BITV test. See here: https://bitvtest.de/tests-und-beratung/selbst-testen/bitv-selbstbewertung

Which areas are not accessible?

  • PDF documents are not always accessible. We are endeavouring to remove any remaining barriers.
  • Not all videos embedded on the website www.musikrat.de have subtitles or a transcript. The problem will be gradually resolved.(BITV test step 9.1.2.2).
  • Images and graphics without an informative function mostly contain an alternative text(BITV test step 9.1.1.1c)


Who can you contact if you have comments or questions about digital accessibility?
If you would like to contact the Federal Youth Choir, you are welcome to send us an email with your comments, suggestions and questions about accessibility. In particular, you can inform us of any shortcomings.

Your contact persons:

Contact the ombudsman's office for barrier-free information technology of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
If you have not received a satisfactory response to your messages or enquiries, you can contact the ombudsman's office for barrier-free information technology of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The ombudsman's office for barrier-free information technology of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia is assigned to the commissioner of the state government for people with disabilities in North Rhine-Westphalia. The ombudsman's office can be contacted on 0211 855 34 51 or by e-mail.

Further information about the ombudsman's office can be found on the website of the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Further tips and information on
- Directive (EU) 2016/2102 on barrier-free access to websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies
- Tips on accessibility - Barrierefrei NRW agency
- Barrierefreie-Informationstechnik-Verordnung Nordrhein-Westfalen - BITVNRW

This declaration on digital accessibility applies to the website www.bundesjazzorchester.de
This declaration was created in December 2024.