Accessibility statement

The Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation undertakes to make this site accessible in accordance with the following legislation: Law of 19 July 2018 on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public organisations.

This accessibility statement applies to the website www.focusonbelgium.be.
 

Compliance status

Our website partially complies with the accessibility requirements.
 

Preparation of the statement

An external accessibility audit has been carried out. This audit was a simplified analysis.

Non-accessible content

  • Not every form element has a label;
  • the selected element does not always have an accessible name;
  • links do not always have recognisable text;
  • there is insufficient contrast between text and background on some pages;
  • (iframe> and <frame> elements do not always have an accessible name;
  • interactive controls are sometimes nested;
  • not every HTML document has a lang attribute.
     

Proposed alternatives

Currently, there is not always an available alternative for other non-accessible elements. 
 

Contact details

If you have any questions or comments about the accessibility of our website, you can contact us via the contact form

If you do not receive a reply or if the reply you receive is unsatisfactory, please fill in the complaint form

FPS Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
rue des Petits Carmes / Karmelietenstraat 15 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 (0)2 501 81 11

Are you not satisfied with the answer you got? Then please contact the federal Ombudsman: 

Federal Ombudsman 
Rue de Louvain 48 box 6 
B-1000 Brussels 

E-mail: contact@federaalombudsman.be 
Website: Federal Ombudsman 
 

Improvement plan

For technical accessibility issues, the FPS BOSA will be called upon to resolve them in the course of 2026.

This statement was drawn up on 21/05/2024.

The last revision of the declaration took place on 26/03/2026.