Accessibility declaration
Bde.es website accessibility policy
The Banco de España is committed to making its corporate website accessible
to all members of the public, including those with any form of disability,
independently of the browsing context, in compliance with
the contents of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce Services Act 
(103 KB). For this reason, we are carrying out a thorough overhaul of all the pages of our website, www.bde.es,
in order to make access to its content as universal as possible.
The new design of www.bde.es achieves a AA ("double
A") accessibility level, according to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 
established
by the W3C .
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international association
made up of different organisations, people and the public in general
that is working to develop standards with the objective of
promoting and disseminating best practice in web development.
This website aims to be equally accessible for everybody, however, if you do have a difficulty or want to make a comment or suggestion please do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail at webmaster@bde.es.
The main improvements implemented
- The font sizes are now relative, which means that the user can increase or decrease text size according to their visual needs.
- The images and tables in the pages include a short description of the information they contain. As a result users of screen readers or text only browsers can easily understand the meaning of an image or text, and can quickly evaluate whether the information will be of interest to them, thanks to the summary.
- The main language of each page, has been identified, in addition to any change in the natural language of the text. This will facilitate the treatment and understanding of the text by users with screen readers or voice synthesisers.
- The pages now have a more logical internal structure, which results in quicker access to information for users who use screen readers or browsers such as Opera.
- The XHTML code and CSS used are consistent with the formal syntax approved by the W3C in order to ensure that they are displayed correctly by different browsers and platforms.
- The information has been separated from its graphic presentation so that users who wish to can browse the content more quickly, if they have deactivated the downloading of style sheets in their browser.
Viewing
800 x 600 pixels screen resolution recommmended. However, the font sizes are now relative, which means that the user can increase or decrease text size according to their visual needs.
Accessibility audit
Technosite (www.technosite.es ),
a company specialising in integrated solutions for the internet which
is part of the ONCE Foundation,
has been commissioned to carry out an accessibility audit of the Banco
de España website.
As a result, www.bde.es has received the stamp certifying its AA ("double
A") accessibility level, according to the Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 ,
as established by the W3C .
Current status
We are working to make all the pages of the Banco de España website accessible. At the moment, the contents that meet the accessibility certification requirements are: Press Room, Job Opportunities, Statistics, Reports and Publications, Virtual Classroom, The Bank Customers Portal, all applications inside app.bde.es server, PDF Files, Taxonomy and Official Registers of Institutions applications.
In general, the Accessibility declarations affect all the pages hosted in the domain www.bde.es, with the exception of the Bank Customer's Portal (www.bde.es/clientebanca/), the on-line course on Circular 4/2004 http://www.bde.es/c42004/_portada.html, and the pages located in the applications server with an address beginning app.bde.es/.