Accessibility

This statement applies to content published on the domain: https://smart-for-policy.ec.europa.eu/

It does not apply to other content or websites published on any of its subdomains. These websites and their content will have their own specific accessibility statement.

This website is managed by Unit S2 - European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Directorate S - Innovation in Science and Policymaking. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including people with disabilities..

You should be able to:

• zoom up to 200% without problems
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate most of the website using a modern screen reader and speech recognition software (on your computer or phone)

This website is designed to comply with the technical standard for websites and mobile apps, EN 301 549, v.3.2.1. This closely follows level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1.

This website is partially compliant with technical standard EN 301 549 v.3.2.1 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. See Non-accessible content for more details.

The website was last tested on June 2023.

This statement was reviewed on February 2026.

The statement is based on the review of a representative sample of web pages by self-assessment from the Joint Research Centre, using a combination of manual and automated testing following the Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM)

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the Smart 4 Policy website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:

• Email: EC-Smart-For-Policy@ec.europa.eu
• Contact form: Write to us (please refrain from providing sensitive information in the form, e.g. any information that would reveal personal financial information, information related to your health, or any other sensitive topic).

We try to respond to feedback within 15 business days from the date of receipt of the enquiry by the responsible European Commission department.

The Smart 4 Policy website is designed to be compatible with the following most used assistive technologies:

• the latest version of Google Chrome and Apple Safari browsers;
• in combination with the latest versions of JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver and TalkBack.

The accessibility of the Smart 4 Policy website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

• HTML
• WAI-ARIA
• CSS
• JavaScript

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the Smart 4 Policy website, we are aware of some limitations, which we are working to fix. Please contact us if you encounter an issue.

Known limitations for the Smart 4 Policy website:

• PDF documents: Some PDF documents on this website are not fully accessible. We plan to resolve this issue during 2026.
• Form fields: Some form fields do not have a correctly connected label, and error messages are not clearly associated with form controls. We plan to resolve this issue during 2026.