Digital accessibility statement

General information about the website

On the website flmh.de, the communications agency flmh – Labor für Politik und Kommunikation GmbH provides information about its work: its areas of focus and services offered, completed projects, and the flmh team.

Validity of the statement

This accessibility statement applies to the website published under the domain flmh.de and to all associated subpages.

Responsible:

flmh – Labor für Politik und Kommunikation GmbH

Bülowstraße 66
D3 3rd floor
10783 Berlin
Germany

T: +49 (0)30 61 62 70 78

flmh.de

Our self-image

Accessibility is now a basic requirement of modern websites. It is a quality feature, strengthens the user experience, and provides legal certainty. We want as many people as possible to have access to our website. Enabling access is a logical consequence of our self-image: we want to take digital responsibility and promote social participation.

Our commitment

We implement this commitment on the website through the following measures:

• Semantically correct frontend: Clean HTML structures, meaningful ARIA roles, consistent component logic.
  This means: All elements on the website are programmed and designed consistently and cleanly. This enables assistive tools such as screen readers to recognize the elements reliably, and keyboard navigation works seamlessly across the entire site.
• Conceptual accessibility: Focus management, logical tab order, keyboard navigation, understandable interactions.
  Accessibility is built into the website’s concept: a logical structure and meaningful guidance of attention ensure that users can orient themselves well and move through the site easily—also using the keyboard.
• Editorial clarity: Clear language, meaningful heading hierarchy, readable typography, descriptive links, concise alternative text.
  These measures are important for every individual text on the website, as well as for the overall structure of the content. Clear language and a comprehensible structure enable users to absorb and understand the content easily.
• Accessible media: Contrast, alternative text, audio description, subtitles.
  Good color contrast, alternative text, and audio description provide people with different visual impairments access to primarily visual media. Subtitles provide deaf or hard-of-hearing users access to audio or audiovisual media. They also help with other challenges, e.g., when users do not have sufficient command of the language of a video because it is in a foreign language.
• Sustainable ongoing development: Regular audits, action plans, and continuous maintenance of digital accessibility.
  This means: We regularly review our website for barriers and continuously work to make it as accessible as possible.

Applicable standard

We strive to make our website accessible in accordance with the following legal and normative bases:

• Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV 2.0)
• Act on Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (BGG)
• Standard (EU) EN 301 549 V3.2.1 (2021-03)
• WCAG 2.2 – the target is conformance level AA+

Results of the accessibility audit

The website underwent a comprehensive accessibility review in May 2026. The review was carried out in accordance with the requirements of WCAG 2.2 (conformance level AA) as well as the legal requirements under BITV 2.0, the BGG, and Standard (EU) EN 301 549 V3.2.1 (2021-03).

Level of compliance

The website is largely, but not fully, accessible. It meets WCAG conformance level AA.

Identified barriers

The review identified the following points:

• Unmarked language changes for some foreign words or terms such as “e-learning” (in a German text): This can impair screen reader output because the foreign-language terms do not match the website’s set primary language (here: German). WCAG level AA requires marking longer passages of foreign-language text. In our case, these are individual technical terms that are not marked. Marking too frequently can lead to a choppy listening experience when using a screen reader, because the screen reader then often switches language or voice. We therefore use these markings only where they are essential for understanding.
• Automatically playing moving images: There is a recommendation to avoid automatically playing videos, animations, and other motion on a website entirely in order to protect users—for example, those with epilepsy or dizziness—as comprehensively as possible. According to WCAG conformance level AA, however, automatically playing moving images are acceptable if they do not run longer than 5 seconds. The moving-image sequences used on our website meet this standard.

Action plan

We continuously work to identify and remove existing barriers, insofar as this is technically and economically reasonable, and we take accessibility into account when publishing new content.

Our current focus is on improving support for system-based preferences. This means: Users can adjust settings for how content is displayed at the system level of their computer or smartphone, e.g., “prefers-reduced-motion”. This is important for people for whom animations or other rapid movements on the screen can trigger, for example, dizziness, migraines, or epileptic seizures. A reduced-motion display can also be helpful or necessary for people with concentration difficulties or general sensory overload so that they can absorb the information well. We are working to ensure that our website supports these system-based settings and prevents automatically playing motion when our website is displayed.

Testing procedures & methodology

We test using the following methods:

1. Manual tests
   • Keyboard navigation
   • Screen readers (VoiceOver, NVDA, JAWS)
   • Focus management and visual orientation
2. Automated tools
   • Axe
   • Lighthouse
   • WAVE
3. Conceptual analysis
   • Structure, navigation, semantic markup logic
   • Assistive technology compatibility
4. Editorial review
   • Language, alternative text, ARIA attributes, comprehensibility

Objective: AA+ as the standard

Our goal is to reliably meet the legal requirements of WCAG 2.2 level AA. In addition, we aim to implement elements from the extended scope of digital accessibility (partly WCAG 2.2 AAA), provided this is appropriate and technically feasible.

Implementation takes place as part of re-audits, updates, and maintenance processes.

Technical requirements

This website is optimized for current generations of browsers (e.g., Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) and supports assistive technologies such as screen readers and zoom functions. System-level settings are taken into account where technically possible—we are currently continuing to expand this area.

Report barriers

If you notice any accessibility issues with our website that are not listed here, or if you have suggestions for improvement, we would appreciate your feedback.

To help us process feedback effectively, it is helpful if you can specify the affected page or function as precisely as possible. Thank you.

Contact:

• kontakt@flmh.de
• +49 (0)30 61 62 70 78
• Response time: within 10 business days

Note on the conciliation procedure (Section 16 BGG)

If no satisfactory solution is reached after contacting us, a conciliation procedure may be initiated in accordance with Section 16 of the Act on Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (BGG). The BGG conciliation body mediates in conflicts relating to digital accessibility between affected persons and the responsible body of the web offering.

Contact the BGG conciliation body:

• +49 (0)30 18 527-2805
• info@schlichtungsstelle-bgg.de
• www.schlichtungsstelle-bgg.de
• The procedure is free of charge. No legal counsel is required.

Status of the statement

This statement was created on May 27, 2026 and is based on an internal review of the website.