W3C WAI Objectives 2024

Mission, Vision, Objectives

Mission, vision, and high-level objectives are updated in About W3C WAI.

2024 Priorities and Specific Objectives

W3C Working Groups will continue work to meet the high-level objectives in About W3C WAI.

To focus limited resources on top priorities, W3C WAI staff will focus on the following objectives in 2024, in addition to supporting standards development, key Working Group deliverables, and internal W3C projects.

• Support standards harmonization, including WCAG 2.2 and ISO.
• W3Cx accessibility courses - revise and update into two courses.
• Translations - solicit, support, and promote translations of W3C accessibility resources.
• Define a plan for W3C contributions to better addressing digital accessibility in the Global South.
• Improve guidance for contributors (group participants and public). Improve under-represented stakeholder engagement along with W3C-wide efforts.
• Develop better pathways through W3C accessibility information, particularly for people who are new to accessibility.
• Provide updated guidance on mobile accessibility, including consideration of important issues in the Global South.

We plan to complete some of these objectives in 2024, and some will continue into 2025.

Your Input

We welcome input — especially on the Discussion topics in GitHub.

Please read this brief intro to these discussions

If you’re comfortable in GitHub, please comment there. Otherwise, you can send a publicly-archived e-mail to public-wai-mission@w3.org (or a W3C-staff-only e-mail to wai@w3.org)