The Quebec-Labrador Foundation´s Atlantic Center for the Environment, a U.S./Canadian NGO, has conducted environmental programs with counterpart organizations in Central Europe since early 1989. These programs focus on promoting “stewardship“, adaptive participatory approaches to land use and natural resource management. Working primarily in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, the Atlantic Center offers four main types of programs – Workshops, Technical Assistance, Stewardship Exchanges in Central Europe, and Fellowships in northeastern North America. All have been or will be offered in Slovakia in the period 1994-1995. These projects are structured to achieve a multiplier effect with objectives to build leadership and strengthen institutions, help rural communities address conservation/development conflicts, advance conservation through mutual exchange among peers, promote citizen participation in environmental problem – solving, encourage citizen diplomacy, and foster long-term cooperative linkages among environmental NGOs.