CEB: the social development bank for Europe

Key figures 2025

projects

in healthcare, education, housing, jobs, transport

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countries

of which 15 Target Group Countries

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€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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Illustration from project infographic oct 2026

2 Oct 2026

CEB approves 10 loans totalling €1.3 billion

10 new loans to promote social cohesion and inclusive development in Europe. Two-thirds of this lending is directed at the CEB’s Target Group Countries to reduce social and economic disparities through investments in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), affordable housing, education and regional development.

23 Sep 2026

Launch of a French National Hub for Social, Intermediate and Sustainable Housing

A strategic cooperation between the French State, Caisse des Dépôts, the Union sociale pour l’Habitat (USH), the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), supported by the European Commission, to accelerate housing delivery in the social housing and accommodation sectors, as well as intermediate housing.

22 Sep 2026

CEB issues inaugural GBP 300mn 3-year SONIA Floating Rate Note Benchmark

The new issue represents CEB’s first SONIA FRN transaction and second GBP issuance in 2026, following a successful GBP 750 million 3-year Social Inclusion Fixed Rate Benchmark priced on 5 January.

2 Oct 2026

CEB approves 10 loans totalling €1.3 billion

23 Sep 2026

Launch of a French National Hub for Social, Intermediate and Sustainable Housing

22 Sep 2026

CEB issues inaugural GBP 300mn 3-year SONIA Floating Rate Note Benchmark

The new issue represents CEB’s first SONIA FRN transaction and second GBP issuance in 2026, following a successful GBP 750 million 3-year Social Inclusion Fixed Rate Benchmark priced on 5 January.

16 Sep 2026

North Macedonia receives €250 000 grant for higher education from the CEB’s Spanish Social Cohesion Account

The grant will provide targeted technical assistance to help prepare and launch an investment project in favour of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University (UKIM) in Skopje, the largest public university in North Macedonia.

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Protection of the environment

Investing in water resilience from the ground up

In 2025 the CEB has approved a €107 million loan to the Métropole Européenne de Lille to modernise and expand the Wattrelos wastewater treatment plant.