PAKOE (P.C.E.R) is a non-profit organization of the private sector and its major aim is the improvement of the quality of the environment and the consumer's protection. It has organized scientific laboratories and groups of experts and researchers for the study of environmental problems and in order to provide integrated and feasible solutions to environmental issues. Moreover, it makes efforts to attain the public opinion’s interest concerning environmental issues via educational seminars, instruction campaigns, newspapers, printed matter and TV and radio broadcasts.