dr degazonjohnson expressed thanks to samuel isaacs and his team at saqa with special mention of dr james keevy in respect of the commonwealth teacher recruitment protocol increased advocacy to support its implementation was urged as one role that the proposed task force could undertake finally a global initiative on teachers which could take the form of a consultation or forum was proposed as was the importance of capacity building to ensure that research took into account policy and broader collaboration across partners to advance information sharing researching the challenges and opportunities for international teacher recruitment and retention