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
14/03/2019 Junta de Comunidades de Castilla la Mancha (Spain) Sustainable and inclusive growth
Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures 		€ 150 000 000 This EU Co-financing Facility (ECF) will part-finance Castilla La Mancha’s contribution under the 2014-2020 European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Operational Programme and the 2014-2020 Rural Development Programmes (RDP). In particular, the loan will part-finance investments boosting sustainable and inclusive economic development of the region as well as investments improving the competitiveness of the farming sector.
14/03/2019 HBOR (Croatia) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 200 000 000 This Programme loan will part-finance eligible costs of productive investment projects in favour of MSMEs as well as investments in the modernisation and revitalisation of urban and rural public infrastructure.
14/03/2019 Unicredit Leasing Corporation IFN S.A. (Romania) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 150 000 000 This Programme loan will part-finance investments, in the form of leases or loans, in fixed or productive assets of eligible sub-projects, undertaken by MSMEs, to support beneficiaries’ core business activities including the purchase of motor vehicles, machinery and equipment, office and production premises.
25/01/2019 Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. (Netherlands) Sustainable and inclusive growth
Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures 		€ 150 000 000 Additional request for an amount of €150 million for an increase of LD 1888 (2016) to a total amount of €250 million to part-finance investments, in the sectors of action of Health and Education and vocational training, for the construction or reconstruction of medical and care facilities such as doctors’ practices, health care centres, office space and the purchase of new equipment, and for construction or reconstruction of educational facilities such as school buildings, office space and the purchase of new equipment.
25/01/2019 City of Turku (Finland) Sustainable and inclusive growth
Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures 		€ 50 000 000 Additional request for an amount of €50 million for an increase of LD 1956 (2018) to a total amount of €100 million to part-finance investments in municipal infrastructure (Improving living conditions in urban and rural areas sector) which foresees the construction of additional buildings and renovation of existing facilities.
25/01/2019 MKD Mikrofin D.O.O. Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 5 000 000 This €5 million Programme loan will part-finance productive investments, through micro-loan products, to support the creation and preservation of income generating activities and self-employment as well as the creation and development of micro-enterprises.
25/01/2019 Republic of Lithuania (Lithuania) Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures € 100 000 000 This €100 million Programme loan will part-finance investments in energy efficiency improvement projects and retrofitting works of multi-apartment buildings leading to lower energy consumption and reduced heating costs thus diminishing the burden on the environment and improving living conditions of the population.
25/01/2019 wbg Nürnberg GmbH Immobilienunternehmen (Germany) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 110 000 000 This €110 million Programme loan will part-finance social housing sub-projects including the construction of 819 new dwellings, the modernisation of existing units to increase the accessibility for people with disabilities and increasing energy and water efficiency and the purchase of estates, lands and existing dwellings.
25/01/2019 Republic of Cyprus (Cyprus) Sustainable and inclusive growth
Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures 		€ 40 000 000 This €40 million loan will part-finance investments to enhance water supply systems, ensuring part of the current and future potable water needs in Cyprus, through building the infrastructure for the conveyance of potable water.
25/01/2019 Communauté Française de Belgique (Belgium) Sustainable and inclusive growth
Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures 		€ 300 000 000 This €300 million Programme loan will part-finance investments in the educational sectors of the French Community of Belgium namely the construction and renovation of nursery facilities, primary and secondary schools, higher education facilities and administrative infrastructures providing assistance to young people.
25/01/2019 Unicredit Bank Serbia JSC (Serbia) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 30 000 000 This €30 million Programme loan will part-finance eligible fixed assets, productive equipment as well as working capital with the aim to contribute to the creation and preservation of permanent and seasonal jobs by facilitating access to funding for Serbian MSMEs.
25/01/2019 Regione Liguria (Italy) Sustainable and inclusive growth
Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures 		€ 70 000 000 A €70 million PFF (Public sector Financing Facility) will part-finance investments aimed at addressing the Liguria region’s strategic priorities, in particular an integrated urban safety system, urban regeneration and maintenance of existing infrastructures and urban facilities as well as measures aimed at the protection of soils, civil protection and investments related to the modernisation of public administration services.
25/01/2019 VUB public sector and SME programme (Slovak Republic) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 50 000 000 This €50 million Programme loan will part-finance investments for the construction and extension of business premises and in the acquisition of fixed assets and productive equipment as well as the construction and rehabilitation of urban and rural infrastructure.
25/01/2019 SG Equipment Leasing Polska sp zoo (Poland) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 120 000 000 This €120 million Programme loan will part-finance, in the form of leases or loans, eligible investments undertaken by MSMEs operating in a wide range of sectors, such as construction, wholesale trade, retail, industry and manufacturing with the aim to promote the creation of new permanent and seasonal jobs and to preserve existing ones.
25/01/2019 Kaunas City Municipality (Lithuania) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 25 000 000 This €25 million PFF (Public sector Financing Facility) will part-finance investments for the construction of new structures, the restoration, renovation or extension of existing buildings, as well as related equipment, facilities and infrastructure included in the City’s municipal budget.
25/01/2019 Brno Waste Water Treatment Plant (Czech Republic) Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures € 35 000 000 This €35 million Project loan will part-finance investments for the reconstruction and expansion of the sludge line of the Brno–Modřice wastewater treatment plant.
16/11/2018 City of Tampere (Finland) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 60 000 000 Municipal investments comprising the construction of new structures as well as the restoration, renovation or extension of existing facilities to the benefit of city population, with focus on young people.
16/11/2018 Republic of Serbia (Serbia) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 200 000 000 This EUR 200 million PFF (Public sector Financing Facility) will part-finance investments to improve healthcare infrastructure and upgrade medical and non-medical equipment in public health institutions in around 20 towns throughout the country. Final beneficiaries will be patients and medical staff of selected healthcare facilities who will benefit from an improved public healthcare infrastructure.
16/11/2018 Rigas Tehniska Universitate (Latvia) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 15 000 000 This loan will part-finance sub-projects within the second stage of the RTU’s campus development, in particular the construction, reconstruction and concentration of structures and buildings on the Ķīpsalas campus, as well as the modernisation of study equipment and faculties, and the restoration of scientific infrastructure and technical material. Final beneficiaries will be some 15 000 students and more than 1 300 teaching staff, who will benefit from upgraded facilities and improved study and work conditions.
16/11/2018 City of Barcelona (Spain) Sustainable and inclusive growth
Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures 		€ 100 000 000 This PFF is developed in line with the city of Barcelona Citizen Commitment to Sustainability 2012-2022 and will partially finance budgetary expenditures included in the city’s Plan of Action 2016–2019.
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