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Government platform

A municipality wanted digital services that work for everyone: accessible, understandable and without bureaucratic noise.

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The project in brief

Government platform

A municipality wanted digital services that work for everyone: accessible, understandable and without…

GOVERNMENTSTRATEGY · DESIGN · DEVSTATUS · LIVE
The challenge
The approach
The result
The challenge

Information was scattered, forms were difficult and the language was too bureaucratic. Residents preferred to call rather than use the site, resulting in high front-desk pressure. On top of that, strict digital accessibility requirements apply.

The approach

We tackled content and technology together, with the resident as the starting point and accessibility as a hard requirement from day one.

  • All content rewritten to clear B1 level
  • Accessibility secured in process and code (WCAG 2.2 AA)
  • Headless CMS so the editorial team can publish quickly themselves
  • User tests with a diverse group of residents
  • Ongoing maintenance with periodic accessibility audits

The result

The result needs no chest-beating: a product that works faster, clearer and more consistently than its predecessor, and proves it every day. We share exact figures in a conversation: measured, not polished.

Behind the scenes

No polished success story. This is what we ran into along the way:

  • The B1 rewrite took longer than planned: over 3,000 pages were reduced to 600 that really matter.
  • Accessibility audit round one: 14 findings. Round two: zero.
  • Editorial training turned out to be the key to maintaining the level after launch too.

We are happy to share raw project data and client names in a conversation (under NDA).

One goal came first: fewer phone enquiries through self-service that actually works. Everything was built for that.

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The difference

Slide from before to after.

Before
Slow · cluttered · dated
After
Fast · clear · polished
The result in numbers

What it delivered.

ResultPhone enquiriesfigures on request

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