Transcript and presentation slides from the Keynote at the Open Forum on "Teaching today: an international overview of professional development and conditions of work" for the 20th anniversary of World Teachers' Day, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 6 October 2014. Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO (co-written with Dr. Jessica Aguti & Dr. K. Balasubramanian), Commonwealth of Learning.