All CEB loans must be approved by the Bank's Administrative Council in accordance with the Bank’s social mandate. All loan projects have to meet specific technical and social criteria, and be in strict conformity with the Bank’s environmental, procurement and compliance guidelines and policies.

The sectoral lines of action underpin the CEB’s five-year development plan, which forms the Bank’s medium term-strategy. The current Strategic Framework organises these lines into: Investing in people and enhancing human capital; Promoting inclusive and resilient living environments and Supporting jobs and economic and financial inclusion corresponding to the new strategic priorities established by the CEB to better support the social policies of its member countries.

An exhaustive list of projects approved since 2010 is below. For more insights and impact stories of CEB social investment projects, see our Projects in focus.

List of projects approved

Date Borrower Line of action Amount Summary
19/06/2026 Government (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments
Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital
€ 31 000 000 A Project loan to support the Borrower in the construction and modernisation of medical education and research infrastructure for the University of Banja Luka in Republika Srpska.
19/06/2026 Joint Stock Company Credo Bank (Georgia) Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion € 12 000 000 A Programme loan to support the Borrower in financing the growth of MSMEs across Georgia to foster job creation and maintenance, promote rural financial inclusion, and address gaps in access to finance, with particular emphasis on underserved rural regions and women-owned or women-led businesses.
19/06/2026 Government () Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital € 35 000 000 A Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) loan to support the Borrower to rehabilitate technical vocational education and training (VET) educational infrastructure and related student residences in order to improve the delivery of quality education and living conditions for students.
19/06/2026 Government (Ukraine) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 60 000 000 A Programme loan to support the Borrower in improving access to adequate housing for targeted war veterans through a scalable preferential mortgage scheme. Developed with the Ministries for Communities and Territories Development and Veterans Affairs, the Programme funds preferential housing loans administered by the State Fund for the Promotion of Youth Housing (Derzhmolodzhytlo/SFYH).
19/06/2026 Government (Ukraine) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 80 000 000 A Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) aims to support the Borrower to restore access to adequate housing for eligible internally displaced persons from temporarily occupied territories (TOTs) through a targeted, rules-based and digitally administered state housing assistance mechanism.
19/06/2026 Fonds du Logement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (Belgium) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 100 000 000 A Programme loan to support the Borrower in expanding socially targeted access to home ownership and improvement in the Brussels Capital Region.
19/06/2026 City of Tampere (Finland) Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital € 150 000 000 A Public Sector Financing Facility (PFF) loan to support the Borrower in expanding and upgrading education infrastructure through the construction, extension, and major renovation of daycare centres, primary schools, and upper secondary schools.
19/06/2026 Crédit Coopératif (France) Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital € 150 000 000 A Programme loan to support the Borrower in improving access to quality and affordable medical, social and educational services as well as professional reintegration of vulnerable groups.
19/06/2026 Fondation Apprentis d'Auteuil (France) Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital
Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments
€ 40 000 000 A Project loan to support the Borrower in redeveloping the Foundation’s historic site, increasing the capacity, quality and sustainability of social, educational and housing facilities.
19/06/2026 Fundación Hospitalarias (Spain) Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital € 75 000 000 A Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) loan to support the Borrower in modernising, upgrading and expanding social and healthcare infrastructure across Spain, with a particular focus on mental health and specialised socio-sanitary services.
19/06/2026 City of Vilnius (Lithuania) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 50 000 000 An additional Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) loan to continue to support the Borrower in implementing its investment programme in the areas of education infrastructure, mobility, environment and urban development infrastructure, as well as health-related and sport infrastructure.
19/06/2026 Bacău Municipality (Romania) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 55 000 000 An additional Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) loan to support the Borrower in the implementation of further investments in education and vocational training, urban regeneration and in the protection and rehabilitation of historic and cultural heritage.
19/06/2026 Government (Serbia) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 15 000 000 An additional Project loan to support the Borrower in post earthquake housing reconstruction in the City of Kraljevo in central Serbia. It aims to ensure completion of the project, preserve the core technical and social objectives of the operation and maintain continuity of works across the remaining phases.
19/06/2026 Government (Slovak Republic) Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital
Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments
€ 300 000 000 An additional EU Co-financing Facility (ECF) loan to support co-financing of eligible sub-projects under selected priorities of Operational Programme Slovakia, focusing on high social value investments such as inclusive education, social care, community services, improved employment access, and support for vulnerable groups in particular in Just Transition regions.
01/04/2026 Hefboom C. (Belgium) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 20 000 000 A Programme loan to support adequate housing solutions in the Flemish and Brussels Capital Regions, financing the investments of social economy actors providing social and affordable rental housing and Housing First solutions. This includes the renovation, extension, repurposing, or construction of housing units.
01/04/2026 AFI Microfinance S.A. (AFI) (Greece) Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion € 6 000 000 A Programme loan* to facilitate access to finance for disadvantaged groups, supporting self-employment, job creation, and social cohesion and focusing on the investment and working capital needs of micro businesses, micro-enterprises, start-ups, and vulnerable individuals.
27/03/2026 Sector 2 of the Municipality of Bucharest (Romania) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments
Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital
€ 81 000 000 A Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) to support the Borrower in co-financing investments across social care, education and community facilities, urban regeneration, sustainable mobility and energy‑efficient housing, while also funding feasibility and design work for more complex transformational projects.
16/03/2026 City of Tartu (Estonia) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 20 000 000 A Public sector Financing Facility to support the Borrower in cofinancing the City’s sustainable, inclusive and climate-resilient urban development by renovating and modernising education infrastructure, including schools and kindergartens, as well as promoting low carbon active mobility by rehabilitating city roads and expanding cycling and pedestrian infrastructure.
16/03/2026 Kreditimi Rural I Kosoves (KRK) (Kosovo) Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion € 12 000 000 A Programme loan to support the Borrower’s microfinance on-lending activities for the financial inclusion of low-income clients in rural and urban areas, with a priority focus on agriculture and women-led microenterprises.
16/03/2026 ALTUM - National Development Institution (Latvia) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 40 000 000 A Programme loan to support the Borrower expand access to sustainable housing finance for the acquisition, construction or renovation of primary residences in eligible municipalities outside Riga and the Riga region and stimulate regional development, labour mobility and demographic stabilisation.