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Forging Europe's local resilience

Municipalities across Europe face challenges such as improving local road networks or securing decent affordable housing as they endeavour to build inclusive living environments. The CEB supports these efforts, as examples from Serbia and Slovenia show.

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Forging Europe's local resilience
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CEB’s Sustainability Report 2025 is out

The new report highlights our strong governance, responsible investment, a people-centred approach to climate action and a steadfast focus on equity, inclusion and resilience.

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CEB’s Sustainability Report 2025 is out
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More than meals

In Bucharest, a public food bank is turning surplus food into 4,000 hot meals a day, giving vulnerable communities far more than just food.

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More than meals
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Protecting vulnerable groups in Europe

Countries across Europe face the challenge of strengthening social services, whether for an aging population or to enhance school infrastructure. The CEB helps its member countries address these needs, as these examples from France and Moldova show.

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Protecting vulnerable groups in Europe
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Beneath the Bosphorus: Marmaray transforms mobility and social inclusion in Istanbul

By linking the Asian and European sides of Istanbul through the first uninterrupted rail connection under water, the Marmaray Railway Upgrading project is reducing traffic congestion, cutting travel times and improving access to jobs and services.

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Beneath the Bosphorus: Marmaray transforms mobility and social inclusion in Istanbul
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70 years of cooperation

On the CEB’s 70th birthday, shareholders, borrowers, partners and peers share their messages and perspectives on cooperation.

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70 years of cooperation
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Social investment is the key to economic stability in Europe

For seven decades, the CEB has invested in people, communities and the social fabric of Europe, whose resilience owes much to this patient work, writes Euronews.

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Social investment is the key to economic stability in Europe

Key figures 2025

54

projects

in healthcare, education, housing, jobs, transport

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26

countries

of which 15 Target Group Countries

Our membership

€4.5 bn

loans approved

for social investment projects across Europe

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€2.6 bn

Social Inclusion Bonds issued

or over 40% of the CEB’s borrowing volume

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Kitchen scene at Food Bank, Sector 6, Bucharest
Urban development

More than meals

In Bucharest’s Sector 6, where many people live under the poverty line, a public food bank is turning surplus food into 4,000 hot meals a day

Haydarpasa train station in Istanbul - Marmaray project
Sustainable transport

Beneath the Bosphorus: Marmaray transforms mobility and social inclusion in Istanbul

With nearly €700 in CEB financing.

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Loans approved March 2026
Multi-country

At its annual Joint Meeting in Warsaw, CEB approves eleven loans totalling close to €800 million

SzKouA, or Warsaw Ukrainian School
Multi-country

Warsaw Ukrainian School

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CEB Microfinance Toolkit

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CEB and Ukraine

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Multilateral Development Banks: Delivering as a system

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