2025 was a defining year for the CEB. It was a period during which the Bank’s international profile was visibly enhanced, moving from the wings to centre stage by assuming the rotating Chair of the Heads of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) Group. Leading such a high-level global forum, whose aim is to work as a system to achieve greater scale and impact for members, was both an honour and an opportunity, which the CEB seized with telling results.
For the CEB, 2025 proved to be another defining year, characterised by steadfast delivery on its commitment to strengthening social cohesion in Europe, while demonstrating leadership on the global stage by chairing the Heads of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) Group for the first time.
54 projects
in 26 countries
31 projects
15 countries
€21 mn from EU
€152 mn loans guaranteed
18 issuances
€2.6 bn in SIBs
The CEB’s loan approvals of €4.5 billion across 54 new loan projects in 2025 were in line with the Strategic Framework, which sets forth three lines of action for the CEB’s operations over five years:
These lines of action incorporate three cross-cutting themes of gender, climate change and digitalisation.