De­cla­ra­ti­on on ac­ces­si­bi­li­ty

This de­cla­ra­ti­on on di­gi­tal ac­ces­si­bi­li­ty ap­p­lies to the web­site of the Frank­furt Uni­ver­si­ty of Mu­sic and Per­forming Arts pu­blished at https://www.hfmdk-frank­furt.de.

As a pu­blic body wi­t­hin the me­a­ning of Di­rec­tive (EU) 2016/2102, we en­dea­vor to make our web­sites ac­ces­si­ble in ac­cordance with the pro­vi­si­ons of the Hes­si­an Disa­bi­li­ty Equa­li­ty Act (Hess­BGG) and the Hes­si­an Or­di­nan­ce on Bar­ri­er-free In­for­ma­ti­on Tech­no­lo­gy (BITV HE 2019).

Sta­tus of com­pa­ti­bi­li­ty with the re­qui­re­ments

This web­site is only par­ti­al­ly com­pli­ant with the re­qui­re­ments of BITV HE 2019 due to the fol­lo­wing in­com­pa­ti­bi­li­ties and/or ex­cep­ti­ons.

The ve­ri­fi­ca­ti­on of com­pli­an­ce with the re­qui­re­ments is ba­sed on a self-as­sess­ment car­ri­ed out in Ja­nu­a­ry 2026.

 

Non-ac­ces­si­ble con­tent

The con­tent listed be­low is in­com­pa­ti­ble with Sec­tion 3 (1) of the BITV HE 2019 and is cur­r­ent­ly not ful­ly ac­ces­si­ble:

PDF do­cu­ments

Some of the PDF files pro­vi­ded are not ful­ly ac­ces­si­ble, es­pe­ci­al­ly ol­der do­cu­ments.

  • Mea­su­res: New­ly pu­blished PDF files are crea­ted bar­ri­er-free whe­re­ver pos­si­ble. Whe­re pos­si­ble, PDF is con­ver­ted to ano­t­her, more ac­ces­si­ble for­mat.
  • Ac­ces­si­ble al­ter­na­ti­ve: An ac­ces­si­ble for­mat can be pro­vi­ded on re­quest.

Vi­de­os and au­di­os

Some vi­de­os do not con­tain sub­tit­les, some au­dio files are avail­ab­le wi­t­hout tran­scripts.

  • Mea­su­res: New au­dio­vi­su­al con­tent is pu­blished with sub­tit­les or tran­scripts.
  • Ac­ces­si­ble al­ter­na­ti­ve: Tran­scripts or de­scrip­ti­ons can be pro­vi­ded on re­quest.

In­for­ma­ti­on in plain lan­guage and sign lan­guage

In­for­ma­ti­on on na­vi­ga­ti­on and key con­tent in plain lan­guage and in Ger­man sign lan­guage is not yet avail­ab­le.

  • Mea­su­res: The de­ve­lop­ment of cor­re­spon­ding con­tent is plan­ned.
  • Bar­ri­er-free al­ter­na­ti­ve: On re­quest, key con­tent can be ex­p­lai­ned ver­bal­ly or in wri­ting in sim­pli­fied form.

Dis­pro­por­tio­na­te bur­den

The fol­lo­wing ex­cep­ti­on is in­vo­ked in ac­cordance with Sec­tion 3 (5) BITV HE 2019:

Re­gu­la­ti­ons and sta­tu­tes that are no lon­ger va­lid

De­scrip­ti­on:

Re­gu­la­ti­ons and sta­tu­tes in the "Of­fi­ci­al an­noun­ce­ments" sec­tion that are no lon­ger va­lid must con­ti­nue to be pu­blished, but are not ac­ces­si­ble. Much of this con­tent has sin­ce been re­pla­ced by new ver­si­ons.

Rea­son for the dis­pro­por­tio­na­te bur­den:

Sub­se­quent bar­ri­er-free pre­pa­ra­ti­on of all his­to­ri­cal an­noun­ce­ments is not af­ford­a­ble due to the vo­lu­me and com­ple­xi­ty and would be dis­pro­por­tio­na­te gi­ven the lack of to­pi­ca­li­ty.

Ac­ces­si­ble al­ter­na­ti­ve:

Cur­rent re­gu­la­ti­ons are made ac­ces­si­ble whe­re­ver pos­si­ble; his­to­ri­cal ver­si­ons can be ex­p­lai­ned or sum­ma­ri­zed on re­quest.

No use case

The fol­lo­wing con­tent does not fall un­der the man­dato­ry ac­ces­si­bi­li­ty re­qui­re­ments in ac­cordance with Sec­tion 3 (1) BITV HE 2019 and Ar­ti­cle 1 (4) of EU Di­rec­tive 2016/2102:

1. File down­loads that were pu­blished be­fo­re 23.09.2018

  • Non-ac­ces­si­ble ol­der PDF do­cu­ments that are not re­qui­red for cur­rent ad­mi­nis­tra­ti­ve pro­ce­du­res
  • Ac­ces­si­ble al­ter­na­ti­ve: Ex­plana­ti­ons or sum­ma­ries on re­quest.

2. Au­di­os and vi­de­os pu­blished be­fo­re 23.09.2020

  • This con­tent may lack sub­tit­les or tran­scripts.
  • Ac­ces­si­ble al­ter­na­ti­ve: Sum­ma­ries or tran­scripts on re­quest.

3. Live streams (au­dio/vi­deo)

  • Live streams do not fall wi­t­hin the scope of the di­rec­tive.
  • Ac­ces­si­ble al­ter­na­ti­ve: Re­cord­ings can be sup­ple­men­ted or ex­p­lai­ned af­ter pu­bli­ca­ti­on.

4. Third-par­ty con­tent and do­cu­ments

  • Ac­ces­si­bi­li­ty can­not be gua­ran­te­ed for ex­ter­nal con­tent over which the HfMDK has no con­trol.
  • Ac­ces­si­ble al­ter­na­ti­ve: In­for­ma­ti­on can be pro­vi­ded by e-mail or te­le­pho­ne.

5. Ar­chi­ve are­as

  • This in­clu­des ol­der re­se­arch pro­jec­ts, his­to­ri­cal of­fi­ci­al an­noun­ce­ments and other do­cu­men­ta­ry con­tent.
  • Ac­ces­si­ble al­ter­na­ti­ve: Es­sen­ti­al con­tent will be ex­p­lai­ned on re­quest.

Date of crea­ti­on and up­date

This de­cla­ra­ti­on was first pu­blished on Oc­to­ber 16, 2021 and last re­view­ed and up­dated in Ja­nu­a­ry 2026. The pre­pa­ra­ti­on and re­view were ba­sed on a self-as­sess­ment.

Re­port bar­ri­er

Would you like to in­form us of any exis­ting bar­ri­ers or re­quest non-ac­ces­si­ble con­tent in an ac­ces­si­ble for­mat? Plea­se fill out our form, send an e-mail to kom­mu­ni­ka­ti­on@orga.hfmdk-frank­furt.de or con­tact us by te­le­pho­ne at +49(0)69154007333.

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En­force­ment and mo­ni­to­ring body for ac­ces­si­ble in­for­ma­ti­on tech­no­lo­gy

If no sa­tis­fac­to­ry so­lu­ti­on has been found even af­ter your feed­back to the above-men­tio­ned con­tact point, you can con­tact the En­force­ment and Mo­ni­to­ring Body for Ac­ces­si­ble In­for­ma­ti­on Tech­no­lo­gy. Af­ter a pe­ri­od of six weeks, you have the right to con­tact the en­force­ment and mo­ni­to­ring body di­rec­t­ly. With the in­vol­ve­ment of all par­ties con­cer­ned, the en­force­ment body will at­tempt to de­ter­mi­ne the cir­cum­s­tan­ces of the lack of ac­ces­si­bi­li­ty so that the in­sti­tu­ti­on can rec­tify them.

En­force­ment and mo­ni­to­ring body for ac­ces­si­ble in­for­ma­ti­on tech­no­lo­gy
Hes­si­an Mi­nis­try for So­ci­al Af­fairs and In­te­gra­ti­on
Seat: Re­gio­nal Coun­cil Gies­sen

Prof. Dr. Erd­mu­the Mey­er zu Bex­ten
Sta­te Com­mis­sio­ner for Ac­ces­si­ble IT
Head of the en­force­ment and mo­ni­to­ring of­fice

Land­graf-Phil­ipp-Platz 1-7
35390 Gies­sen
Pho­ne: +49 641 303 - 2901
E-Mail: Durch­set­zungs­stel­le-LBIT@rpgi.hes­sen.de