Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

German BIENE award reveals best practice in barrier-free Web design

  • Communication
  • Published:
Universal Access in the Information Society Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

In the European year of people with disabilities 2003 the major German social organisation “Aktion Mensch” and the “Stiftung Digitale Chancen” (digital opportunities foundation) have for the first time jointly initiated a competition for the design of barrier-free Web sites. The so-called BIENE award is meant to honor the best barrier-free Web sites in the German language and to present them as best practice examples. In this context, the acronym BIENE stands for “Barrierefreies Internet eröffnet neue Einsichten” (“barrier-free Internet reveals new insights”), stressing the objectives of promoting communication, joint action and productive cooperation.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2

Similar content being viewed by others

Notes

  1. The Burda Academy for the Third Millennium (http://www.akademie3000.de/index.htm) is an institution of the Hubert Burda Foundation (http://www.hubert-burda-stiftung.de). It is a forum for researchers, philosophers, and visionaries of the most diverse scientific disciplines and social areas. In international conferences, discussions, presentations and publications it unites experts dealing with central questions of present and future societal developments.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology, FIT, Schloss Birlinghoven, 53754, Sankt Augustin, Germany

    Renate Anderweit & Michael Pieper

Authors
  1. Renate Anderweit
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Michael Pieper
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Michael Pieper.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Anderweit, R., Pieper, M. German BIENE award reveals best practice in barrier-free Web design. Univ Access Inf Soc 3, 272–275 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-004-0100-3

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-004-0100-3

Keywords

Search

Navigation