Public Sector & Institutions

Accessible public sector websites: BITV 2.0 with navable

navable scans large sitemaps against BITV 2.0 / EN 301 549, monitors them on a schedule and helps you generate the mandatory accessibility statement with a feedback mechanism.

Scheduled accessibility monitoring for a public sector website against BITV 2.0 and EN 301 549

Which requirements apply to public bodies?

Public bodies in Germany must make their websites accessible under BITV 2.0 (based on EN 301 549 / WCAG 2.1 AA) and publish an accessibility statement with a feedback mechanism.

The binding standard is BITV 2.0, based on EN 301 549 and WCAG 2.1 AA.
A published accessibility statement with a feedback mechanism is mandatory.
Ongoing monitoring and reporting help meet recurring obligations.

Where institutional websites fail

Public sector sites are large, deep and service-heavy. Barriers tend to accumulate across many templates.

Online services & forms

Service forms with missing labels or keyboard traps prevent citizens from completing essential tasks.

Large, deep sitemaps

Hundreds of pages across many templates make manual checking impractical and leave issues undetected.

Heading & landmark structure

Inconsistent heading order and missing landmarks make navigation hard for screen reader users.

Contrast & theming

Insufficient colour contrast in text, buttons and states fails WCAG and reduces readability for everyone.

Statement & feedback mechanism

A missing or incomplete accessibility statement and feedback channel is itself a compliance gap.

How navable supports public bodies

Scan at sitemap scale, monitor continuously and map findings to the right standard.

Scan whole sitemaps in one run

Crawl the domain or import a sitemap and audit all URLs in scheduled runs, with history analytics for reporting.

Scheduled monitoring & analytics

Recurring audits, trend analytics and severity alerts help you treat accessibility as an ongoing process, not a one-off project.

Mapping to EN 301 549

navable maps WCAG success criteria to EN 301 549 clauses so findings line up with the standard you report against.

Generate the accessibility statement

Create a structured accessibility statement, including the feedback mechanism, based on your current audit results.

What you get

Automated WCAG 2.1 AA audit extended by AI-semantic checks for headings, landmarks and contrast
Desktop and mobile checks across multiple page states
Copy-ready AI fix prompts so your team resolves findings fast
Downloadable reports as documented evidence for recurring reporting duties