Declaration on Accessibility

The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, as the applicant institution of NFDI4Energy, endeavors to make the website https://nfdi4energy.uol.de accessible in accordance with the provisions of the Lower Saxony Disability Equality Act (NBGG) and the Barrier-free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV 2.0). This declaration on accessibility applies to this website https://nfdi4energy.uol.de

Status of compatibility with the requirements

Due to the following non-accessible content, this website is only partially compliant with Section 10 (1) L-BGG. We are currently working on a relaunch of our website to make it more accessible in the future.

Non-accessible content

The content of the website is not accessible for the following reasons:

  • [1] Versions in Easy Language or English/German Sign Language not available.
  • [2] Keyboard navigation in the main menu is only possible to a limited extent.
  • [3] The color contrasts on the website do currently not fully comply with accessibility requirements. There is no option to customize color schemes.
  • [4] Alternative texts have not yet been added.

Creation of this declaration

This declaration was created on 17.06.2025. The BITV test was carried out as a self-test at https://webtest.bitv-test.de/selbstbewertung/. In addition, own manual tests were carried out. The declaration was last checked on 19.06.2025.

Feedback and contact details

Have you noticed any deficiencies in the barrier-free access to content from https://nfdi4energy.uol.de that have not yet been listed above? Or do you have any questions about our website? You are welcome to contact us. We are happy to receive feedback directly by e-mail to the following address:

Mail: outreach@nfdi4energy.org

Enforcement procedure

To ensure that this website complies with the requirements described in Section 10 (1) NBGG, you can contact us directly and provide appropriate feedback. Our contact details can be found in the previous section.

If the office does not respond to your inquiry within the period stipulated in Section 8 sentence 1 NBGG-DVO, you can contact the State Government Commissioner for Matters relating to Persons with Disabilities or the Municipal Commissioner for Matters relating to Persons with Disabilities within the framework of the ombudsman function described in Section 14 (2) NBGG and Section 15 (3) sentence 2 NBGG.

You can contact the state government’s representative for the interests of people with disabilities as follows:

State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities Annetraud Grote Hannah-Arendt-Platz 2 30159 Hannover Phone: 0511 120-4008 Email:Landesbeauftragte@ms.niedersachsen.de

You can find the contact details of your local representative for the interests of people with disabilities on the website of the city or district in which you have your permanent residence. Reference is made to the possibility of the right to bring an action in accordance with Section 12 (1) sentence 1 no. 4 NBGG.