This
award is given to public and private organizations that have designed and
instituted a website that is easily accessible to and in service of persons
with various disabilities for whom more opportunities for growth have been
presented and whose communication skills were enhanced accordingly.
There
are three (3) categories as follows:
a. PWD-friendly Website Award for National Government Sites – applies to official government sites with national scope which includes all the three branches, their attached agencies as well as government owned and controlled corporations.
b. PWD-friendly Website Award for Local Government Units – applicable to all local government sites from the provinces, municipalities, cities and barangay levels.
c. PWD-friendly Website Award for Non-Government Organizations/Corporations – covers sites that are private and those sites that are not using the .gov.phdomain name.
a. PWD-friendly Website Award for National Government Sites – applies to official government sites with national scope which includes all the three branches, their attached agencies as well as government owned and controlled corporations.
b. PWD-friendly Website Award for Local Government Units – applicable to all local government sites from the provinces, municipalities, cities and barangay levels.
c. PWD-friendly Website Award for Non-Government Organizations/Corporations – covers sites that are private and those sites that are not using the .gov.phdomain name.
It
follows the guidelines set under the attached “Joint NCC -NCDA
Circular No.1 on Web accessibility” issued in 2010, and aims to boost the
RIGHT TO INFORMATION called for in the “UN-Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities”.
To
be considered for the Award, the website must meet the following criteria:
1.
Compliance with Maturity Stage 1 or the Manila ICT Accessibility Design
Recommendations, broken down as follows:
a. Accessibility
Statement / Access Instruction Page
b.
Proper Alternative (Alt) Text
c.
Non-use of descriptive links (click here, more, etc.)
d. Use
of alternative mechanisms instead of forms (email address, phone, actual
address, etc.)
e.
Minimal use of pdf files or pfd files with available html or doc
files
f.
Use of captions and videos
g. Use
of descriptive page titles
h.
Use of skip to links
i.
Use of site maps
j.
Non-use of flash animations
k.
Search form on top
l. Putting
a Home link
2. Website's consistency in the past three years
3. Commitment of the website owner not to make any major
revision/overhaul on their site that would affect its accessibility
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