Digital accessibility

Everyone should be able to use our website easily and understand the information it contains. On this page, you can read about what we are doing to ensure digital accessibility. Everyone has unrestricted access to the information on this website, including people with a (temporary) disability. This is what we call digital accessibility.
If you have a (temporary) disability, visiting a website can sometimes be quite a challenge. Think of someone who is blind or colour-blind. But also someone who cannot use their hands, and therefore the mouse, properly.
The website has been designed so that everyone can use our new website. You can ‘click’ your way through the site using your mouse, or you can navigate the website using the tab key. We use plenty of headings. And images containing important information have a text description. This means that software that reads text aloud can read the information clearly and, for example, describe what is in a photo.

This website has been made accessible

For example, we use a larger font, clear colours and a logical menu. We want to comply with the law which states that all (government) websites must be accessible to everyone.

Understandable for everyone

We believe it is important that the information on our website is clear and understandable, even if you haven’t had a high level of education. That is why we have written all our texts in plain language. This makes for a more pleasant read for everyone. We want to keep the website clear and easy to navigate. Much of the text is not designed to be read on a phone or tablet. Yet more and more people are using their phones as their primary means of accessing the internet. And screen-reading software cannot handle some files. That is why we do not post any downloads (PDFs) on our website.

Digitally accessible maps

Maps are subject to an exception regarding digital accessibility. We are doing our utmost to ensure that the maps are also user-friendly, high-contrast and suitable for all devices. In addition, we are also trying to make the information displayed on a map accessible in an alternative way by providing the information as text that can be read aloud.

What are we doing about digital accessibility?

We adhere to the requirements of digital accessibility – WCAG Level AA.
We will soon have this website assessed for digital accessibility by an independent body.
- The first assessment will take place in April/May 2026.
We regularly check the text, images and other elements on the website.
We follow developments in the field of plain language and digital accessibility.

Legal obligation regarding digital accessibility

The Province of North Holland is a public body. We are required to publish an accessibility statement on all the websites for which we are responsible. Such a statement indicates whether the website meets the requirements for digital accessibility. We are working to make and keep this website fully digitally accessible.