The competition for donor money

It will prove more difficult for the No Bases Network to attract direct government funding for their activities, as their agenda opposes government activities. In addition, it is more difficult for governments to justify spending on a network that tackles foreign bases in different countries. The network will be more successful in attracting donor funding by strong individuals and private donor organizations. Funding through individuals only occurs, however, if the organization can build up a reputation through the funding provided to them prior to that. Therefore, the No Bases Network should attempt to received grants from private funders. (examples?)

The No Bases Network does not pursue concrete operational activities, such as alleviating the problems create by foreign bases, but it rather advocates a new order for things that would not allow the stationing of foreign bases. The absence of operational activities, and the focus on pure advocacy, makes attraction of project money through donors unlikely. The NO Bases Network therefore should rely on finding core money to build a stronger network that would allow the operationalization of the network.

The primary norm entrepreneur in the No Bases Campaign is an organization that attempts to strengthen links between individual organizations. One way to understand the sources of funding that are given to the NO Bases Network would be to reflect on the income of individual organizations. The difficult with this approach consists of revealing how the funding within the individual organizations is catered towards this network rather than other activities.

Another interesting question revolves around the competition that is apparent among organizations for donor funding. It seems that the No bases network might need to compete with anti-war organizations.