The International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 (Teacher Task Force) with UNESCO and the Ministry of Basic Education of the Republic of South Africa have the pleasure of inviting you to the 14th Policy Dialogue Forum, which will take place from 26-28 February 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa. With the theme ‘Addressing global teacher shortages: Dignifying, diversifying and valorizing the profession’, this year’s Forum will investigate common challenges leading to teacher shortages, how to tackle them through effective policies, and explore future transformative strategies to validate and reinforce the teaching profession. The Forum will be the occasion to the launch of the Recommendations of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession and the Global Report on Teachers on Teacher shortages and transforming the teaching profession. The livestream will be available for the Opening, Closing and all the Plenary sessions.