Accessibility Statement

The OeAD – Austria’s Agency for Education and Internationalisation is committed to making its websites accessible in accordance with the federal act regarding accessibility of websites and mobile applications of the federal government (Austrian Web Accessibility Act, BGBl. I. Nr. 59/2019 as amended).

This accessibility statement applies to  https://map.oead.at und https://appear.map.oead.at.

Degree of compliance

Due to the exception contained in section 2(3)(d) of the Web Accessibility Act, which is specified in the following points – online maps and map services, provided that in the case of maps essential information is provided digitally in an accessible manner for navigation purposes – these websites partially conform to compliance level AA of the “Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – WCAG 2.1” of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)’s Web Accessibility Initiative or the applicable European standard according to the Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and the Council.

Creation of the accessibility statement

This statement was created and verified on 21 December 2021.
The page content will be checked and, if necessary, amended when new content is published.

Feedback and contact information

The offers and services on these websites are continuously improved and expanded. Usability and accessibility are of great concern to us. Should you discover any barriers that prevent you from using our website or make it difficult for you to use our website, please let us know by e-mail. We will check your request and contact you as soon as possible. Please send all messages and suggestions to  with the subject “Reporting a barrier on the website map.oead.at or appear.map.oead.at”. Please describe the problem and provide us with the URL(s) of the relevant website or document.

Enforcement procedure

In the case of unsatisfactory responses from the above contact address you may contact the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)’s Complaints Office. The FFG accepts complaints electronically via the Complaints Office' contact form.