Accessibility statement for the valtioneuvosto.fi website

The website was launched in April 2024. Its accessibility was assessed in summer 2025, and the accessibility statement was updated on 30 October 2025. 

The website is subject to the requirements of the Act on the Provision of Digital Services (available in Finnish and Swedish). Under the Act, public online services must be accessible, which means that everyone must have equal access to them. 

This statement describes the shortcomings identified in the accessibility of this website and provides information on how you can send us feedback concerning accessibility.

Accessibility of the service

The website largely meets the A and AA requirements of the WCAG 2.1 accessibility criteria required under the Act. The main shortcomings in the accessibility of the website are described in this statement. Our goal is to address the identified shortcomings in 2025 and 2026. 

If the material you need is not accessible, please contact us using this feedback form. We will deliver the material you need in an accessible format.

Content and functionalities that are not yet accessible

Significant shortcomings

• The site contains images that do not have a descriptive text alternative (WCAG 1.1.1) 
• Components have invalid technical role specifications, meaning that users of assistive device programs may not necessarily recognise the correct use of the components (WCAG 1.3.1) 
• There are contrast issues in the content of the site: the contrast between text and its background is not sufficient in all cases (WCAG 1.4.3)
• There are empty heading tags in use on the site (WCAG 2.4.6)
• Iframe elements do not have accessible names (WCAG 4.1.2)
• The accessibility properties of elements are defined incorrectly (WCAG 4.1.2)

Minor shortcomings

Elements marked as decorative are visible to assistive devices (WCAG 1.3.1)

Accessibility issues in PDF documents

The website contains PDF documents published by the Government after 23 September 2018 that do not meet the accessibility requirements. 

• The documents may include visual elements and diagrams that do not have text alternatives. (WCAG 1.1.1)
• PDF documents may have layout issues that hamper screen reader use, such as unnecessary line breaks and headings with no heading levels. (WCAG 1.3.1)
• The table structures in PDF documents may have deficiencies that hamper screen reader use. Table structures have been used for text layout purposes, there are no programmatic column headers, or similar data has been divided into several tables. (WCAG 1.3.1)
• There are no links to the footnotes in the text of some PDF documents, which makes it difficult to interpret them when using a screen reader. (WCAG 1.3.1)
• There may be shortcomings in file metadata, such as missing titles or incorrect language specifications and author information. (WCAG 4.1.2, 3.1.2)
• Some files do not have any structural tags. (WCAG 1.3.1)

Links

There are shortcomings in the naming of links. The pages on the site may use the same link text for links that direct the user to different destinations. Not all link texts function independently from the context, such as “find out here” or “read more”. The site contains image links that lack a text alternative indicating the purpose of the link. (WCAG 2.4.4)

Most of the external links on the website say that the link opens in a new tab, even it opens in the same tab. (WCAG 2.4.4)

The website contains broken links. These will be repaired in connection with other updates.

Visual formatting in code

There are instances where HTML code has been used instead of CSS to format the content. This may be the case, for example, where there is embedded content from third party systems, as it is not then possible to modify the code. Body text formatting may contain incorrect tags in the HTML code. The bold, font, u and strike tags may have been used incorrectly. These may appear as errors for users of assistive devices. (WCAG 1.3.1)

Content produced using other systems

The website includes content imported from other information systems. Any accessibility issues with this content is due to the original system. 

Decisions

The website publishes PDF documents produced by other ministries through the Government’s electronic decision support system. Some of these files may not have text alternatives, headings, language specifications and structural elements. The accessibility issues hamper the use of these files with assistive devices.

Publications

The website contains links to ministries’ publications in PDF format that are located in the Institutional Repository for the Government (Valto). Separate accessibility statements have been prepared for the publications and the Institutional Repository for the Government that describe any accessibility issues they may have. 

Project information

Project information is displayed from a separate back-end system. The project information includes PDF documents that have been produced in other systems, such as in the case management system. These documents may have accessibility issues, such as deficient structures and attributes and missing text alternatives. The accessibility issues hamper the use of these files with assistive devices.

Social media

Accessibility requirements are taken into account in the content of social media channels maintained by the Prime Minister’s Office based on the possibilities offered by each channel. Visual and audiovisual material produced before 23 September 2020 includes content that does not meet the accessibility requirements.

Content not covered by the applicable legislation

The website has content that is not subject to the requirements of the legislation. Such content includes

• third-party content that is not produced, funded or supervised by the service provider itself
• files published before 23 September 2018
• live video or audio broadcasts that are not recorded for storage or publication
• video or voice recordings published before 23 September 2020.

Have you noticed any accessibility concerns?

We constantly strive to improve the accessibility of our website. We regularly assess the accessibility of the website using a variety of accessibility tools and take accessibility into account when developing all new features.

If you find any accessibility issues on the website that are not described in this statement, please let us know. We are also happy to receive other comments and suggestions for improvements to the accessibility of the website.

• Send us feedback on accessibility

Accessibility supervision

The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom monitors the implementation of accessibility requirements. If you are not satisfied with our reply, or if you do not receive a response within two weeks, please send your feedback to Traficom’s accessibility monitoring unit.

Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom
Digital Accessibility Supervision
saavutettavuusvaatimukset.fi
[email protected]
tel. +358 295 534 5000 (switchboard)