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Slovakia's First Web-Accessibility Monitoring Cycle: 30% Perceivable, 34% Robust

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Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 30% 88/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

In its first EU-mandated monitoring cycle, Slovakia's MIRRI SR tested 195 public-sector sites, finding average WCAG scores of just 30% for perceivability and 34% for robustness - a baseline cited by the European Commission's AccessibleEU review.

30%
Perceivable principle score (2020-2021)
56%
Operable principle score (2020-2021)
63%
Understandable principle score (2020-2021)
34%
Robust principle score (2020-2021)
195
Websites monitored (simplified method)
33% to 47%
Accessible building-entry rate improvement (2022-2024)
Slovakia's First Web-Accessibility Monitoring Cycle: 30% Perceivable, 34% Robust

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic (MIRRI SR)
Period
2020-2021
Region (NUTS)
SK
Keywords
public sector, e-government, digital accessibility, regulation, disability inclusion

Context

Under Article 8 of EU Directive 2016/2102, Slovakia's Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization (MIRRI SR) is the designated web-accessibility monitoring authority, reporting to the European Commission every three years.

Objectives

To measure how well Slovak public-sector websites and apps meet WCAG-based accessibility requirements in the country's first EU-mandated reporting cycle.

Activities

MIRRI SR ran simplified monitoring on 195 websites (central state administration, further state-administration sites, and territorial self-government sites across 8 regions and 56 towns/villages) plus in-depth testing on 19 websites.

Results

Average scores across the four WCAG principles were perceivability 30%, operability 56%, understandability 63% and robustness 34% — perceivability and robustness the weakest areas. The European Commission's 2024 AccessibleEU report cites these as Slovakia's digital-accessibility baseline.

Conclusions

By contrast, Slovakia's parallel physical-accessibility surveys show measurable improvement (accessible building-entry rates rising from 33% to 47% between 2022 and 2024); the AccessibleEU report flags that no updated nationwide digital-accessibility score was yet available for the second cycle, an open monitoring gap.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — A statutory monitoring exercise run by an existing ministry department using simplified automated checks plus a smaller in-depth manual sample — low direct cost relative to remediation spend it may trigger.
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years) — First reporting cycle covered 2020-2021; the EU Directive requires reporting every three years.
Staffing & skills
MIRRI SR — ITVS Control, Administrative Procedures and Standards Department

Conditions for success

  • Sampling across both simplified (195 sites) and in-depth (19 sites) methods to balance coverage and depth
  • Principle-level (not just aggregate) scoring to pinpoint where remediation should focus

Common failure modes

  • No updated nationwide digital-accessibility score was available for the second reporting cycle at the time of the AccessibleEU review — a monitoring continuity gap
  • Perceivability and robustness scored well below the other two WCAG principles

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National / regional programmes CERV — Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values

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