Exploring competition and cooperation among EU-based international solidarity civil society organisations: the relevance of values, resources and external support

Civil Society Organisations’ (CSOs) participation in EU governance has attracted a lot of scholarship attention. It has promised better governance and citizens’ participation in the distant European polity (Liebert and Trenz, 2009). Until now, most studies have focused on CSOs’ participation in European policy processes. They analyse the participatory procedures launched in the wake of the White Paper on European Governance (Kohler-Koch and Quittkat, 2013; Smismans, 2006) or in the wake of new ‘inclusive’ modes of governance (Armstrong, 2006; Brandsen et al., 2005; Jacobsson and Johansson, 2009).