The Global Greens is an international network of Green parties and political movements that works to implement the Global Green Charter. It was founded in 2001 in Canberra, Australia at the First Global Greens Congress, where the Global Greens Charter was approved. The Second Global Greens Congress was held in 2008 in São Paulo, Brazil. The Third Global Greens Congress was held in Dakar, Senegal in 2012. The next Global Green Congress will be held spring 2017 in Liverpool. The Global Greens are organised into four federations across the world in the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia-Pacific.