Accessibility Statement

Introduction

Nicholaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences undertakes to ensure the availability of its website in accordance with the Act of April 4, 2019 on digital accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public entities. This accessibility statement applies to the main website of the Astronomical Center.

Date of publication of the website: 2012-01-01.

The website is partially compliant with the Digital Accessibility Act of Public Entity's Websites and Mobile Applications due to incompatibilities or exclusions listed below.

On the website in the public procurement subpage, in the notices of some tenders completed before September 23, 2020, files without a text layer are placed. Before September 23, 2019, files without a text layer were placed in the intranet part of the website, available after logging in. The above inconsistencies are gradually removed by sharing files with the text layer.

This declaration was drawn up on 2020-09-22. The declaration was made on the basis of a self-assessment carried out by the Astronomical Center.

Keyboard shortcuts: standard browser keyboard shortcuts can be used on the website.

Feedback and contact details

In case of problems with the availability of the website, please contact us at the e-mail address webmaster@camk.edu.pl. You can submit requests for unavailable information in the same way, and submit complaints about non-availability.

Everyone has the right to request that the digital accessibility of the website, mobile application or any of their elements be ensured. You can also request information to be made available using an alternative access method, for example by reading a digitally inaccessible document, describing the content of the video without audio description, etc. The request should contain the details of the person submitting the request, indicate which website or mobile application is meant and the method of contact. If the requesting person reports the need to receive information by means of an alternative method of access, he should also specify a convenient way for him to present this information.

The public entity should execute the request immediately, not later than within 7 days from the date of the request. If it is not possible to meet this deadline, the public entity shall immediately inform the person submitting the request about it when it will be possible to fulfill the request, and this deadline may not be longer than 2 months from the date of submitting the request. If digital accessibility is not possible, the public entity may propose an alternative way of accessing the information. In the event that the public entity refuses to fulfill the request to provide accessibility or an alternative method of access to information, the person submitting the request may submit a complaint regarding the provision of digital accessibility of a website, mobile application or website element or mobile application.

After exhausting the above-mentioned procedure, you can also submit an application to the Polish Ombudsman.

Architectural accessibility

Astronomical Center M. Kopernika, ul. Bartycka, 00-716 Warsaw.
There are 2 entrances to the building from the terrace at ul. Bartycka. The main entrance is the entrance facing ul. Bartycka. Stairs and a driveway lead to the terrace. The reception desk is located on the left side of the main entrance. For people in wheelchairs, only the corridor and rooms on the ground floor outside the hotel part located in the left wing are available. There is no elevator in the building.

There are no Braille markings in the building, no contrast or enlarged markings for the blind and partially sighted.