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ONTI's Observatorio de Accesibilidad Digital — Argentina's progressive web-accessibility mandate

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 61% 68/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Argentina's ONTI monitors public-sector websites under Ley 26.653 and Decreto 656/2019, requiring a progressive rise from 50 to 80 WCAG-based accessibility points (Disposición ONTI 02/2014), with non-compliance reportable to the national disability agency.

ONTI's Observatorio de Accesibilidad Digital — Argentina's progressive web-accessibility mandate

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Oficina Nacional de Tecnologías de Información (ONTI), Jefatura de Gabinete de Ministros
Period
2010–present
Keywords
public sector, digital government, disability rights

Context

Argentina's Ley 26.653 (2010) established the country's national web-accessibility mandate, requiring public bodies' websites to be usable by people with disabilities. Nine years later, Decreto 656/2019 formally regulated the law, and Disposición ONTI 06/2019 adopted WCAG 2.0 as the technical standard.

Objectives

The Oficina Nacional de Tecnologías de Información (ONTI), within the Jefatura de Gabinete de Ministros, runs the Observatorio de Accesibilidad Digital to evaluate national public-sector websites against that standard.

Activities

Under Disposición ONTI 02/2014, compliance is graded on a progressive points scale: bodies must first reach 50 points, then 80 points in a later evaluation period, to be considered accessible. Persistent non-compliance can be reported to the Agencia Nacional de Discapacidad for possible sanctions, although the decree sets no fixed deadline or penalty amount.

Conclusions

ONTI's published materials describe the legal basis, standards and scoring mechanism but do not publicly report aggregate site-by-site pass rates, so this is best evidenced as an active monitoring instrument rather than a measured outcome.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
ONTI evaluators within the Jefatura de Gabinete de Ministros conduct the website assessments

Conditions for success

  • A clear, escalating numeric standard (50 then 80 points) rather than a single pass/fail bar
  • An enforcement pathway via referral to the Agencia Nacional de Discapacidad for persistent non-compliance
  • Adoption of an internationally recognised technical standard (WCAG 2.0)

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