Trust funds, which are financed by donors and the Bank’s earnings, are key to our social mission. They enable the CEB to take on more high-impact initiatives, such as microfinance projects, or provide additional support, including technical assistance and investment grants.
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Our donors
Contributions to CEB trust funds totalled €35 million during 2025, including €21 million from the European Union (EU), €1.5 million from Germany and €12 million from the Bank’s earnings. Total resources channelled into CEB trust funds since the start of fiduciary operations in 1995 now stand at close to €1.1 billion.
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Cooperation areas
Together, they support the Bank’s most disadvantaged member countries, namely Ukraine, Western Balkan countries, Georgia and the Republic of Moldova. They partner around the Bank’s priority missions of addressing population displacements and natural disasters. They jointly address issues that are key to the social cohesion of Europe, namely the green transition and access to microfinance. Finally, they build up the capacity of the Bank’s partners to implement social projects in line with best practice.
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Joint projects
In 2025, grant approvals reached €40 million, while loans guaranteed by the Social Impact Account (SIA) and, where applicable, InvestEU reached €152 million ̶ an increase of more than 60% from last year.
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Key data on grants