Accessibility Statement
The Institute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences is obliged to ensure the accessibility of its website in accordance with the Act on Digital Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Entities of 4 April 2019. The statement regarding accessibility is applicable to the www.ing.pan.pl website.
Date of website publication: 21/06/2004.
Date of the most recent important update: 18/08/2020.
The website complies with the Act on Digital Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Entities of 4 April 2019.
Statement drawn up on: 17/08/2020.
The Statement is based on the self-assessment performed by a public entity.
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Feedback and contact details
In case of any problems with website accessibility, please contact us. The Research Centre of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow is the contact entity available at sekretariat@ingpan.krakow.pl or via telephone at 123705239. Applications for providing unavailable information and complaints regarding the lack of accessibility should be sent in the same way.
Contacts: Adam Jaracz: a.jaracz@ingpan.krakow.pl, 123705239 Bogumiła Prytko b.prytko@ingpan.krakow.pl 123705200
Each person has the right to request that the digital accessibility of a website, mobile application or any element thereof be ensured. The provision of information using an alternative access method can also be requested, e.g. by reading a document which is not digitally accessible, by describing the content of the movie without visual description, etc. The request should include the details of the requestor, the specification of the website or mobile application concerned, and the contact method. If the requestor asks for information to be provided using an alternative access method, he or she should also define the method of information presentation convenient to him or her. A public entity should address the request promptly, no later than within 7 days of the request. Should it be impossible to meet the defined time limit, the public entity will immediately inform the requestor when the request can be performed but the time limit cannot exceed 2 months of the date of the request. If it is not possible to provide digital accessibility, the public entity may propose an alternative method of information access. In the event the public entity refuses to ensure accessibility or an alternative method of information access, the requestor may complain about failure to provide the accessibility of the website, mobile application or an element thereof. Should the above procedure be ineffective, an application can also be filed with the Commissioner of Human Rights.
Architectural accessibility
- Warszawa, ul. Twarda 51/55 (registered office of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Research Centre in Warsaw)
1. The main entrance is for persons without physical disabilities (6 steps). The entrance to the building (reception desk/porter's lodge on the ground floor) for the disabled with mobility issues is at the back of the building facing the car park. There are no directions for the blind and visually impaired. The building is not equipped with induction loops. It also does not come with signage in Braille or high-contrast marking or large print for the blind and visually impaired. The above inconvenience can be eliminated by ensuring that the reception desk staff/porters who work in the building 24 hours a day provide assistance to physically disabled, blind or visually impaired persons.
2. Each storey of the building can be accessed by two lifts of a width fit for wheelchairs. The first lift can be found near the porter's lodge, another one is next to the inner staircase. The width of lift door and cabin as well as its equipment meet the standard requirements for disabled, blind and visually impaired persons.
3. The building has no toilet for the disabled.
4. In front of the building in ul. Twarda there are two parking spaces marked for the disabled. The back car park facing the yard also has parking places for the disabled.
5. Assistance dogs or guide dogs are allowed inside the building.
6. There are no sign language interpreters or online translation services available in the building. If the assistance of a sign language interpreter is necessary, we should be notified at least 3 days in advance of the planned visit.
- Kraków, ul. Senacka 1 (Research Centre in Kraków)
1. In order to enter through the main entrance near the reception desk, one needs to take two steps. The building staff may open door wings and use a ramp to make access via the main entrance possible for persons moving in wheelchairs. There are no directions for the blind and visually impaired. The building is not equipped with induction loops. It also does not come with signage in Braille or high-contrast marking or large print for the blind and visually impaired. Building staff will provide any assistance to the physically disabled, blind or visually impaired people.
2. There is no lift in the building or access to upper floors for the physically disabled.
3. The building has no toilet for the disabled.
4. There are no marked parking places for the disabled in front of the building.
5. Assistance dogs or guide dogs are allowed inside the building.
6. There are no sign language interpreters or online translation services available in the building. If the assistance of a sign language interpreter is necessary, we should be notified at least 3 days in advance of the planned visit.
- Kraków, ul. Senacka 3 (Geological Museum of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences)
1. At the entrance to the museum there is a 7 centimetre threshold and a raised platform with a step height of 15 cm. The museum exhibition is on the ground floor. The building staff may open door wings to make access via the main entrance possible for persons moving in wheelchairs. There are no directions for the blind and visually impaired. The museum is not equipped with induction loops. It also does not come with signage in Braille or high-contrast marking or large print for the blind and visually impaired. During the opening hours, the museum staff will provide any necessary assistance to the physically disabled, blind or visually impaired persons.
2. There is no lift in the building or access to upper floors for the physically disabled.
3. The building has no toilet for the disabled. One needs to take six raised steps to enter the toilet.
4. There are no marked parking places for the disabled in front of the building.
5. Assistance dogs or guide dogs are allowed inside the building.
6. There are no sign language interpreters or online translation services available in the building. If the assistance of a sign language interpreter is necessary, we should be notified at least 3 days in advance of the planned visit.
- Wrocław, ul. Podwale 75 (Research Centre in Wrocław)
1. The building entrance is not adapted to the use by physically disabled persons. There are no directions for the blind and visually impaired. The building is not equipped with induction loops. It also does not come with signage in Braille or high-contrast marking or large print for the blind and visually impaired. Building staff will provide assistance to the physically disabled, blind or visually impaired people.
2. Each floor in the building can be accessed with a lift of a width accommodating a wheelchair which is accessible from the ground floor level. One needs to take seven raised steps in order to enter the ground floor level.
3. The building has no toilet for the disabled.
4. There are no marked parking places for the disabled in front of the building.
5. Assistance dogs or guide dogs are allowed inside the building.
6. There are no sign language interpreters or online translation services available in the building. If the assistance of a sign language interpreter is necessary, we should be notified at least 3 days in advance of the planned visit.
