This declaration on digital accessibility applies to the website of the Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Offenbach published at https://www.hfg-offenbach.de.

As a public body within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/2102, we endeavor to make our website accessible in accordance with the provisions of the Hessian Disability Equality Act (HessBGG) and the Hessian Ordinance on Barrier-free Information Technology (BITV HE 2019) for the implementation of Directive (EU) 2016/2102.

Status of compatibility with the requirements

The accessibility requirements are set out in Section 3 (1) to (4) and Section 4 of the BITV HE 2019, which was issued on the basis of Section 14 of the HessBGG.

The verification of compliance with the requirements is based on a simplified review of the website of the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main by the Landeskompetenzzentrum für Barrierefreie IT Durchsetzungs- und Überwachungsstelle.

Based on the review, the website is not compliant with the aforementioned requirements.

Non-accessible content

The website was launched in 2015, at a time when there were no laws or regulations for digital products. The global WCAG guidelines did not yet exist either.

The content listed below is not accessible:

• There is a lack of ability to integrate alternative text for controls, graphics and objects, as well as alt attributes for layout graphics
• No HTML structural elements can be integrated for headings and lists
• The text contrasts are insufficient in the assigned CI/CD
• Areas cannot be skipped
• No meaningful link texts can be generated

Planned measures

The following measures to achieve accessibility are planned in the short and medium term

• Implementation of a tool to remove barriers on the old website by the end of 2025
• Relaunch by early 2027: Implementation of a new website that complies with all accessibility requirements, guidelines and laws

Date of creation of the accessibility statement

This statement was created on May 19, 2025

Feedback and inquiries about digital accessibility

Would you like to inform us of any existing barriers or request non-accessible content in an accessible format? Please get in touch with our responsible contact persons:

Offenbach University of Art and Design (HfG)
Press and University Communication
Schloßstraße 31
63065 Offenbach am Main
Telephone: 069 80059-172

Enforcement and monitoring office for accessible information technology

If you have a complaint and no acceptable solution is found following your feedback to the contact persons above, you can contact the “Enforcement and Monitoring Office for Accessible Information Technology” after a six-week period.

The ombudsman's office will then investigate the circumstances of the lack of accessibility so that it can be rectified.

Hessian Ministry for Social Affairs and Integration
Prof. Dr. Erdmuthe Meyer zu Bexten

State Commissioner for Accessibility
IT Head of the Enforcement and Monitoring Office

Landgraf-Philipp-Platz 1-7
35390 Giessen

+49 641 303 - 2901
​durchsetzungsstelle-lbti@rpgi.hessen.de