Disability is defined as “any limitation of activity or restriction of participation in life in society affecting a person in his or her environment due to a substantial, long-term or permanent impairment of one or more physical, sensory, mental, cognitive or psychological functions, multiple disabilities or a disabling health disorder” (Article L. 114 of the French Social Action and Family Code).
Digital accessibility consists in making online public communication services accessible to all people with disability, i.e.:
Article 47 of French Law No. 2005-102 of February 11, 2005 for Equal Rights and Opportunities, Participation and Citizenship of People with Disability, and French Decree No. 2019-768 of July 24, 2019 on the accessibility of online public communication services to people with disability determine the obligation of accessibility for online public communication services. They also provide details on the implementation of the accessibility requirements, as well as the methods of communication for the associated actions, in particular:
To facilitate the accessibility of these services, the French Interministerial Digital Directorate (DINUM) publishes the General Framework for Improving Digital Accessibility (RGAA), the latest version of which is V4.1.2.
Pursuant to Article 47 of French Law No. 2005-102 and French Decree No. 2019-768, in this 2023-2025 multiannual scheme, Dassault Aviation provides details of all the actions implemented to make its services accessible.
Dassault Aviation’s accessibility policy is fully in line with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy, and with two of its five pillars in particular:
It also helps to improve the integration and continued employment of people with disability within the company.
Dassault Aviation has chosen to draw up two separate multiannual digital accessibility schemes, one for external services and the other for internal services. An accessibility advisor has been appointed for each type of service in order to design and manage each of the multiannual schemes.
A project organization has been set up to prepare the multiannual scheme for external services and the associated action plans. The drafting of the multiannual scheme for internal services will be launched simultaneously as this project moves forward.
Managed by a project committee and steered by the accessibility advisor, the actions laid out in the multiannual scheme are implemented based on an assessment of the human and financial resources required, updated annually.
A “Digital Accessibility” working committee, made up of employees from several of the company’s departments, monitors the progress of the project, handles digital accessibility issues and, more broadly, shares information on the subject.
The multiannual scheme for external services is organized into five focus areas: auditing digital media and ensuring it is compliant, informing, equipping, training and managing.
The aim of this focus area is to assess the compliance status of digital media falling within the scope of the RGAA and to take improvement measures with a view to making them compliant.
3.1.1. Websites
At the time of drafting the multiannual scheme, seven websites have been identified:
Two websites, the most frequently visited, were audited as a priority:
The resulting audit reports have made it possible to identify non-conformities and to design and manage remediation plans that will make the websites concerned compliant.
3.1.2. Publications
Each type of publication eligible for compliance actions has been mapped. This mapping needs to be accompanied by an up-to-date inventory of the publications concerned, together with a prioritization process for bringing them into compliance.
Three main actions have been deployed to examine methods for making publications accessible:
3.1.3. Videos
Videos eligible for compliance updates have been mapped. A number of actions have been planned as a result of this initial work:
The aim of this focus area is to inform the various parties concerned of Dassault Aviation’s obligations in terms of digital accessibility, and in particular within their scope.
The project is presented and training in the fundamentals of digital accessibility is delivered right at the very beginning.
The project committee, led by the digital accessibility advisor for external services, monitors the progress of each of the multiannual scheme’s focus areas. Regular briefings are also scheduled within the “Digital Accessibility” working committee.
The aim of this focus area is to provide the teams concerned with the information and tools they need to be operational when implementing digital accessibility for their projects.
This focus area involves:
The aim of this focus area is to familiarize the Dassault Aviation teams with the RGAA and to provide them with the knowledge they need to implement digital accessibility for their projects. Identifying the needs will enable a training plan to be drawn up that is tailored to the different profiles concerned and that will be reassessed annually.
At the same time, specific training courses are scheduled as a priority to support the appointment of the digital accessibility advisor for external services:
The aim of this focus area is to ensure that the processes required for addressing accessibility are established, implemented and maintained, and that the action plan set out in the multiannual scheme is complied with and monitored.
This focus area aims to:
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