The Council's Internet Governance Strategy aims at creating partnerships with key stakeholders for the promotion of democracy, human rights and the rule of law in the digital world. It mentions the ITU explicitly in para 15.d.
In his capacity of Thematic Coordinator for the Information Policy at the Council of Europe, Belgian Permanent Representative Dirk Van Eeckhout met the ITU Secretary General Mr. Houlin ZHAO in Geneva. A first step in building synergies between the Council of Europe and the ITU.

The ITU (International Telecommunication Union) is one of the United Nations' agencies involved in the follow-up and implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS +10 review)