EUROFRAME is a coalition of ten independent European research institutes. Founded in 1998, it cooperates on macroeconomic forecasting

Forecasting

Forecasting is the process of making statements about events whose actual outcomes have not yet been observed. A commonplace example might be estimation for some variable of interest at some specified future date. Prediction is a similar, but more general term...

 and other analyses to provide improved policy recommendations for the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

 and their respective nations/clients.

It has published numerous studies, most notably the annual "Economic Assessment of the Euro Area".

The current President of EUROFRAME is Wim Suyker of CPB (Netherlands), whose three year term runs until 2011.

Founding Members (1998)

• CPB (Netherlands)
• DIW
  German Institute for Economic Research
  The German Institute for Economic Research, German Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung is one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany. It is an independent, non-profit academic institution which is involved in basic research and policy advice...
  
   Berlin (Germany)
• ESRI
  Economic and Social Research Institute
  The Economic and Social Research Institute is a think tank in Dublin, Ireland. Its research focuses on Ireland's economic and social development in order to inform policy-making and societal understanding....
  
   (Ireland)
• ETLA
  Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
  The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy is a major Finnish think tank for economic, policy and social studies, financed by employers' organisations. ETLA's offices are located in Helsinki, Finland....
  
   (Finland)
• Kiel Institute for the World Economy
  Kiel Institute for the World Economy
  The Kiel Institute for the World Economy is located in Kiel, Germany, and one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany. It is engaged in research and consulting with regard to global economic affairs, economic education and documentation...
  
   (Germany)
• NIESR (United Kingdom)
• OFCE (France)
• PROMETEIA (Italy)
• WIFO (Austria)