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The study shows that accessibility advances through practical support, shared approaches and collaboration, but lasting progress requires embedding it into everyday practice, not just compliance.

AccessibleEU has published its 2025 monitoring reports, assessing accessibility across all EU Member States through 30 indicators covering the built environment, ICT, transport and public policy.

Held in Madrid onsite and online, the two-day gathering will be an opportunity to reflect on the progress made since AccessibleEU was launched and to explore how accessibility can continue to support Europe's economic and social development.

One of the initiatives contributing to these objectives is “START for Persons with Disabilities in Entrepreneurship”, a programme implemented by the National Authority for the Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (ANPDPD).

The workshop will explore how accessibility measures and human support services can work together to create effective architectures of inclusion for people with disabilities. It will be held on 7 October in Brussels.

Although accessibility laws have advanced significantly during the last few years, many websites and mobile apps still present barriers for persons with disabilities. Yet formal complaints are very few.

Under the new law public administration, judicial system, businesses, political parties, and transport operators are obliged to provide easy to understand information and procedures.

The update adds six new accessibility requirements from WCAG 2.2, removes the obsolete 4.1.1 Parsing criterion, and requires websites and documents to better respect users' accessibility preferences.

The European Commission published a proposal introducing mandatory QR codes on physical cards, enabling authorities and service providers across the EU to verify a card's authenticity and validity.

A new white paper is challenging how architectural excellence is represented, arguing that accessibility and inclusive design remain largely invisible even at the highest levels of professional recognition.