UAE DAPUnited Arab Emirates
UAE Digital Accessibility Policy
National Digital Accessibility Policy (issued March 2024, announced by TDRA in May 2024) requiring federal government digital services to conform to WCAG 2.1 AA. It applies to federal government entities and to contractors, service providers and private companies that carry out digital transactions with them; local government and other private-sector bodies are asked to make best efforts.
Key facts
- Jurisdiction
- United Arab Emirates
- Issued by
- Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
- Year
- 2024
- Conformance Standard
- WCAG 2.1 AA
- Applies To
- UAE federal government digital services and those who build or run them for federal entities
- What it requires
- Annex 1: all public service sites must comply with WCAG 2.1 Level AA
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