The coast guard keeps an eye on the sea

Coast guard

Accessibility statement

Location

United States
US

Accessibility statement

The Coast guard, undertakes to make this site accessible, in accordance with the following legislation: Act of 19 July 2018 on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public organisations.

This accessibility statement applies to :

Website: https://kustwacht.be/en

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant. Non-compliances and exemptions are listed below.

An external accessibility audit was conducted. This audit was a simplified analysis.

Please find the link to the audit; 

Non-accessible content

Certain pages of the website contain non-accessible content:

  •  Some pages do not contain an alt attribute on the img element.
  • Some pages contain links with unidentifiable text.
  • Some pages lack a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 exists between the text (and text in image form) and the text background
  • On some pages, ARIA input fields are not clearly named.

Suggested alternatives

There are currently no alternatives.

Contact details

If you have any questions or comments about the accessibility of our website/application, please contact us via: the contact form. ( https://kustwacht.be/en/jobs/contact-form )

In case of no response or if the answer does not satisfy you, please contact us at: admin.coastguard@nccn.fgov.be

If you have any questions or comments about the accessibility of our website/application (In case the Coast Guard does not respond), please contact the following monitoring body:

Adres: Leuvenseweg 48, bus 6, 1000 Brussel

E-mail : contact@mediateurfederal.be

Website: http://www.federaalombudsman.be

Improvement plan

Changes are planned to be implemented after the audit in 2025.

  • On the planning: verification of naming images and descriptions purpose of links by the end of 2026.

This statement was drafted on 17/07/2025.

The last revision of the statement took place on 17/07/2025.