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Peru's Sello de Accesibilidad Digital — Co-Design Written into a National Digital Seal

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 82% 52/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Created by Supreme Decree in Feb 2024, Peru's Digital Accessibility Seal requires platforms to be built through user research, co-design and inclusive writing, then tested with people with and without disabilities. Guidelines followed Jun 2025, application scoring Oct 2025.

Peru's Sello de Accesibilidad Digital — Co-Design Written into a National Digital Seal

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros — Secretaría de Gobierno y Transformación Digital
Period
2024–ongoing (Decree Feb 2024; guidelines Jun 2025; application bases Oct 2025)
Keywords
digital government, accessibility certification, co-design

Context

In February 2024, Peru's Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros created the Sello de Accesibilidad Digital (Digital Accessibility Seal) by Supreme Decree, building on the web-accessibility obligations already set out in Law No. 29973.

Results

Unlike a pure compliance checklist, the seal's methodology centres on citizen-centred design: it calls for user research, co-design and inclusive writing during development, and usability testing 'with and without disabilities' before a platform qualifies. In June 2025 the government published formal design guidelines, and in October 2025 it published the application bases -- timeline, scoring criteria and evaluation process.

Conclusions

As of the most recent published sources (October 2025), the programme has moved from legal framework to a defined application process, but no results from an awarded round -- applicants, pass rates or measured usability outcomes -- have yet been published.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — Government-run certification programme; no published budget.
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years) — Decree Feb 2024, guidelines Jun 2025, application bases Oct 2025.
Staffing & skills
Secretaría de Gobierno y Transformación Digital programme staff

Conditions for success

  • co-design and inclusive-writing requirements written into certification criteria, not just WCAG conformance

Common failure modes

  • no awarded round yet, so uptake and pass-rate cannot be assessed

Where it fits

Governance type
national government
Scale
national
Income level
upper-middle-income

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