TEPSO Toolkit

Visa and passport inequities have been increasingly recognised as a significant barrier to Global North-South research partnerships. While these inequities can exist between Global South countries, they are most common for travel from the Global South to the North.

This toolkit aims to reduce these inequities and facilitate easier travel for Global South partners particularly to the UK. It is aimed at research teams working with Global South partners.

A summary of the toolkit which contains explanations of the 6 considerations for visa and passport equity can be downloaded via the "Order Now" button.

The following resources referred to in the toolkit can be downloaded using the 'order now' button.

• Invitation letter template

• Employer supporting letter template

• Visa letters guidance

• Debriefing guide

• Visa and passport equity considerations checklist and questions

The toolkit was developed based on findings from two phases: a survey and follow-up in-depth interviews, see the results of both phases in document below:

A worksheet, designed by the Campaigns in Global Health that can help in organising more equitably accessible meetings and conferences can be found here, www.cghproject.org/toolkit-equitably-accessible-ghevents2023

The Toolkit is available for instant download below without a log in. However, if you are comfortable leaving your details, checking out in the righthand windowpane by clicking the 'order now' button, will help us to identify the Toolkit's reach. The Toolkit is a ‘living document' that we will seek to continuously improve. It is also an open resource - if there is anything that you’d like to see added to it, or if you have any other ideas and suggestions or if you have found it useful (‘praise’), please do get in touch via Anthony.manyara@bristol.ac.uk.