Accessibility Statement
Germany Trade & Invest GmbH is committed to making the website www.gtai.de accessible. The legal basis for this is the Disability Equality Act (BGG) and the Barrier-Free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV).
Non-Accessible Content
Text alternatives
Some graphics and images do not have a text alternative or do not provide suitable information.
Audio and video
On the Podcast World Market page, some podcast episodes do not have a text alternative.
Some embedded videos have no or out-of-sync subtitles.
Please contact us if you require access to such a document or its content.
Visual barriers
The following barriers exist:
- Lack of contrast optimisation for text and non-text components
- Limited adaptability of content, limited zoom behaviour
- Limited ability to enlarge click areas
Keyboard operability
The following barriers exist:
- Lack of visible keyboard focus for all areas
- Elements that cannot be operated or are difficult to operate:
- in the main menu incl. submenu levels
- in interactive maps
- with expandable buttons (accordion function)
Meaningfulness of the content - optimisation of user-friendliness
The following barriers exist:
- Unexpected context changes, e.g. when selecting an option within a selection field
- Missing labelling of further menu levels with arrows
- Incomplete labelling of tab titles
Optimisation potential in the HTML structure (code adjustments)
The following barriers exist:
- Inconsistent heading hierarchies
- The ‘Related content’ module does not contain any list semantics
- Lack of division of the HTML structure into page areas, lack of guarantee of skipability
- Lack of accessibility for assistance technologies (screen-reading software)
- due to incorrect attributes
- due to limited readability of menu items
- due to lack of readability of non-operable elements
PDF documents
Individual PDF documents on the website www.gtai.de, for example in the ‘Branche kompakt’ section, are currently not accessible.
Easy language and sign language
The implementation of the necessary pages with the required content is pending.
Creation of this Accessibility Statement
This statement was created on August 19, 2024 and updated on April 16, 2025
The statements in this accessibility declaration are based on a self-assessment conducted by GTAI as described in Article 3, Paragraph 1a of the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1523.
Feedback and Contact
If you encounter further barriers on our pages, please send us a corresponding note via the contact form with a description of where you noticed the error.
Arbitration Procedure
If you believe you are being disadvantaged by the insufficiently accessible design of www.gtai.de, you can contact the BGG arbitration board:
Arbitration Board under the Disability Equality Act at the Federal Government Commissioner for Matters relating to Persons with Disabilities Mauerstraße 53 10117 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 18 527 2805
Email: info@schlichtungsstelle-bgg.de
Website: www.schlichtungsstelle-bgg.de
