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
27/09/2019 Nuevo Microbank (ex Microbank) (Spain) Sustainable and inclusive growth
Integration of refugees, displaced persons and migrants
€ 100 000 000 This €100 million Programme loan will part-finance Nuevo MicroBank’s lending to microbusinesses and individuals through Business and Family microloans in order to support job creation and to enhance social cohesion.
27/09/2019 Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB) (Germany) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 150 000 000 This €150 million Programme loan will part-finance eligible investments for the implementation of Brandenburg’s Municipal infrastructure and social housing programmes.
27/09/2019 Stuttgarter Wohnungs- Und Städtebaugesell (Germany) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 63 200 000 This €63.2 million Programme loan will part-finance new constructions and the acquisition and renovation of existing buildings to increase the supply of affordable and social rental housing units and to finance the preservation of Stuttgart’s architectonic heritage.
27/09/2019 Housing Finance Agency PLC (Ireland) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 150 000 000 This €150 million Programme loan will part-finance the construction of energy-efficient new dwellings and the retrofitting of existing rented social housing throughout the Republic of Ireland over the period 2019 to 2022.
27/09/2019 Region of Swietokrzyskie (Poland) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 34 285 714 This PLN 144 million PFF (Public Sector Financing Facility) will part-finance investments in developing an efficient transport infrastructure, in providing better health services, and in cultural and touristic infrastructure.
27/09/2019 City of Warsaw (Poland) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 86 046 512 This PLN 370 million PFF (Public Sector Financing Facility) will part-finance municipal investments for the construction of the new Museum of Modern Art as well as the construction, extension and upgrade of two hospitals, including the purchase of new equipment, in the districts of Ursynów and Bielany.
05/07/2019 Government (Serbia) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 54 000 000 This EUR 54 million Project loan will part-finance the construction of a new building for the University Children's Hospital in Belgrade to increase its capacity and to include new diagnostic and treatment technologies, robotic surgery facilities, more sophisticated patient monitoring and new fields of therapeutic diagnosis.
05/07/2019 Government (Greece) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 70 000 000 This EUR 70 million Project loan will part-finance sub-projects to upgrade and modernise the flood-prevention infrastructure in selected urban or peri-urban areas and to protect populations, infrastructure, environmental and cultural assets and other productive assets against severe flooding.
05/07/2019 Leipziger Wohnungs- und Baugesellschaft mbH (LWB) (Germany) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 58 000 000 This EUR 58 million Programme loan will part-finance the increase in the offer of both affordable and social housing in the city of Leipzig, through the construction, renovation and modernisation of rental housing for low-income persons and the construction of day nurseries.
05/07/2019 Syndicat des Eaux d’Île-de-France (SEDIF) (France) Sustainable and inclusive growth
Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures
€ 100 000 000 This EUR 100 million Project loan will part-finance investments under two components: partial renewal of the drinking water distribution network and the construction of a low pressure reverse osmosis membrane (LPROM) treatment unit.
05/07/2019 SG Equipment Finance Czech Republic s.r.o. (SGEF CZ) (Czech Republic) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 150 000 000 This EUR 50 million PFF (Public Sector Financing Facility) will part-finance eligible investments to support the Municipality’s budgetary needs for the period 2019-2021, in line with its strategic programme.
05/07/2019 Municipality of Genoa (Italy) Sustainable and inclusive growth
Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures
€ 50 000 000 This EUR 50 million PFF (Public Sector Financing Facility) will part-finance eligible investments to support the Municipality’s budgetary needs for the period 2019-2021, in line with its strategic programme.
05/07/2019 Pekao Leasing Sp. z o.o. (PekaoL) (Poland) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 100 000 000 This EUR 100 million Programme loan will part-finance investments, in the form of leases or loans, for eligible investments undertaken by MSMEs operating in a wide range of sectors, such as construction, wholesale trade, retail, industry and manufacturing.
05/07/2019 Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA (Italy) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 300 000 000 A EUR 300 million PFF (Public Sector Financing Facility) will part-finance investments in sub-projects to address upgrading, modernising and enhancing safety of school infrastructures, in particular, the prevention of accidents and seismic damages.
05/07/2019 JSC ProCredit Bank (Georgia) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 25 000 000 This €25 million Programme loan will part-finance investments undertaken by MSMEs including fixed assets acquisition, construction or extension of business premises and working capital.
05/07/2019 Nationaal Energiebespaarfonds (Netherlands) Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures
Sustainable and inclusive growth
€ 150 000 000 Additional request for an amount of EUR 150 million for an increase of LD 1954 (2018) to a total amount of EUR 250 million, to part-finance energy-efficient investment projects, as well as the introduction of the Energy Saving Loans to Schools (School ESL) pilot project, in the sector of action Protection of the environment.
05/07/2019 Goverment (Republic of Moldova) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 10 000 000 Additional request for an amount of EUR 10 million for an increase of LD 1809 (2013) to a total amount of EUR 49 million, to part-finance an increase in the project’s total costs in the sector of action Administrative and judicial infrastructure.
14/03/2019 Government (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 11 135 000 Investments in psychiatric care sector infrastructure in particular, the construction of new facilities, the reconstruction and adaptation of damaged or temporary infrastructures as well as the provision of furnishings and medical and non-medical equipment.
14/03/2019 Institut Pasteur de Lille (France) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 21 200 000 Rehabilitation works on existing buildings and infrastructures of the campus of the Institut Pasteur de Lille (IPL) in particular, construction and structural works, the removal of asbestos, the upgrading of fire, energy and environmental standards and the purchase of equipment.
14/03/2019 City of Stokholm (Sweden) Sustainable and inclusive growth
Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures
Integration of refugees, displaced persons and migrants
€ 200 000 000 This PFF (Public Sector Financing Facility) will part-finance eligible investments in 72 infrastructural sub-projects (35 pre-school facilities and 37 primary school facilities). In particular, the loan will part-finance the construction of 36 new educational facilities and the restoration, renovation or extension of 36 existing facilities.