Accessibility Statement

The University of Vienna endeavors to ensure that its web apps and those created with the beyondarts CMS comply with the Web Accessibility Act (WZG) as amended to implement Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 26, 2016, on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies (Official Journal L 327 of December 2, 2016, p. 1).

This accessibility statement applies to the web app https://botanischer-garten.beyondarts.at/ and to those web apps and mobile applications created with the beyondarts / beyond:com CMS content management system.

Status of compliance with requirements

This web app complies with conformity level AA of the “Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – WCAG 2.1” and with the applicable European standard EN 301 549 V2.1.2 (2018-08).

Creation of this accessibility statement

This statement was created in July 2025.

Feedback and contact details

The offers and services on this web app are continuously being improved, replaced, and expanded. Usability and accessibility are very important to us.

If you notice any barriers that prevent you from using our web app or websites or web apps created with the beyondarts CMS—problems that are not described in this statement, deficiencies in compliance with accessibility requirements—please let us know by email.

We will review your request and contact you as soon as possible.

Please send all messages and suggestions to event@univie.ac.at
with the subject line “Reporting a barrier in the WebApp XXX.” Please describe the problem and provide the URL(s) of the affected pages.

Contact: event@univie.ac.at

Enforcement procedure

If you are not satisfied with the response from the above contact option, you can submit a complaint to the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG). The FFG accepts complaints electronically via the contact form.

Contact form for the complaints office

The FFG will examine the complaints to determine whether they relate to violations of the provisions of the Web Accessibility Act, in particular deficiencies in compliance with accessibility requirements, by the federal government, state, municipality, or institutions associated with them.

If the complaint is justified, the FFG must issue recommendations for action to the federal government, state, municipality, or institutions associated with them, or to the legal entities concerned, and propose measures to remedy the deficiencies.

Further information on the complaints procedure

Optional content: Additional information and user assistance.

The web app https://botanischer-garten.beyondarts.at/ was technically implemented in September 2025.

The University of Vienna strives to make its internet offerings as accessible as possible and, since 2023, has been guided by the WCAG 2.1 guidelines for accessible content in accordance with the national legislation “E-Government Act 2004” and the applicable anti-discrimination provisions.