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Accessibility

The government has her central focus on citizens and businesses. What this means, is that everyone in society has to have access to the government’s digital services in a safe and intelligible manner. By making it possible for people to arrange their personal affairs at a single location, the government makes their digital services more accessible.

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Digi-accessibility

Everybody has the same right to digital information and services, and that includes people with a disability. For this reason, semi-governmental and governmental organisations attach great importance to accessibility, and have made it a requirement for their digital services. Well-built and well-structured websites can be used by everybody, including those of us who are physically impaired. Only then can everyone truly participate.

Digi-accessibility

Digital Inclusion

In the Netherlands, digital communication is increasingly becoming the norm, which significantly impacts everyone's lives. Technology has the potential to prepare our country for the future, presenting numerous opportunities. However, the pace of these developments can be overwhelming for many. It's essential to consider this in our approach. We are committed to ensuring that everyone can participate in the digital society, including those who require additional support.

Digital Inclusion

Focus on the User

The government-wide knowledge community Focus on the User strives towards a service–oriented and user-friendly (digital) government. Activities deployed by Focus on the User include the organisation of events, where the attendees can share knowledge and experiences, and come away with new ideas. Also, the design principles devised by Focus on the User help you improve your digital service level and make it as user-friendly as possible. Focus on the User features a visual language knowledge bank, where you will find tried and tested visual language letters, that use far fewer words and instead feature clear pictures. You can also design your own visual language letter.

Focus on the User

Interaction strategy

An interaction strategy is part and parcel of the policy to make the governmental information and services intelligible and accessible. The strategy defines the common principles and agreements, to ensure that the focus lies on that which people expect in their dealings with the government: usability, reliability and a personal approach.

Interaction strategy

Open Source Software

The use of Open Source Software (OSS) makes it easier for governmental organisations to collaborate, and reduces the dependence on suppliers. The choice for OSS is the choice for a policy, and it has to be made by operational managers, lawyers, purchasing departments, and IT managers.

Open Source Software

Optimal Digital

The Massaal Digitaal (‘Everybody goes digital’) project has had research done to find out what makes citizens and businesses hesitate to handle their dealings with the government digitally. It turns out governmental organisations still have a lot of work to do. To take away the obstructions experienced by citizens and businesses, the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations has set up Optimal Digital, a website that features tried and tested methods, examples and instructions for implementation and use in the user’s organization.

Optimal Digital

User-friendliness

A digital infrastructure enables faster services, that help realise facilities. By improving user-friendliness and usability, we help to make the digital channel the first choice. The government-wide knowledge community Focus on the User and the test panel group Users eGovernment were set up to lift online services to a higher level of user-friendliness.

User-friendliness

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