The social development bank for Europe

All CEB loans are granted in accordance with the Bank’s mandate. They 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.

Latest projects approved:

Date Borrower Line of action Amount Summary
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.
16/11/2018 Republic of Romania (Romania) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 177 000 000 This loan will part-finance the construction of a medium and high security prison in the locality of Berceni and an open and semi-open regime prison in the locality of Unguriu. In addition, a facility for the training of penitentiary staff in the town of Pantelimon and a centre for prison officers’ work capacity recovery in locality of Rodbav are foreseen. Final beneficiaries will be inmates and prison officers who will benefit from improved detention and working conditions as well as enhanced professional development and recovery facilities for prison staff.
16/11/2018 Europejski Fundusz Leasingowy S.A. (Poland) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 150 000 000 This loan will provide partial financing, in the form of leases, for eligible investment projects undertaken by MSMEs operating in a wide range of sectors including construction, wholesale trade, industry and manufacturing or retail throughout the country. Micro and small enterprises will constitute the largest share of enterprises benefitting from the leases.
16/11/2018 The Housing Fund of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovenia) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 50 000 000 This loan will part-finance investments which include apartment units for young people under the age of 30 in the proximity of the University of Ljubljana Student Housing compound and apartment units for low to middle income families and for the elderly in Ljubljana and Maribor. Final beneficiaries will be young people, low to middle income households, especially those with children, and the elderly, who will benefit from a greater offer of affordable rental housing.
16/11/2018 Komerčni banka, a.s. (Czech Republic) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 100 000 000 This loan will part-finance investments in the rehabilitation of rural and urban public infrastructure as well as to bridge medium and long-term financing to entities operating in the environmental domain. Final beneficiaries will be the inhabitants of villages, small towns, towns and regions as well as the customers and users of public, private and mixed entities.
16/11/2018 Istituto Per Il Credito Sportivo (Italy) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 150 000 000 This loan will be on-lent to local authorities to part-finance sport facilities investments such as, among others, the construction, improvement, expansion and/or equipping of cycle paths, swimming pools, soccer fields, gyms, lawn bowling courts and sports green areas, the acquisition of related assets and the management of sport facilities. Final beneficiaries will be a wide range of the Italian population, mainly the residents of the municipalities, including young people and the elderly, where the funds for the sport investments will be allocated to.
16/11/2018 City of Nuremberg (Germany) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 80 000 000 This loan (PFF - Public sector Financing Facility) will part-finance education infrastructure investments to respond to the need for additional classrooms in secondary schools and a demand for after-school activities and full-day schools.
16/11/2018 JSC Credo Bank (Georgia) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 5 000 000 This loan will part-finance investment sub-projects undertaken by MSMEs in rural and urban areas to support the creation and preservation of income generating activities, self employment and the creation and development of micro-enterprises. Final beneficiaries will be small entrepreneurs mostly involved in agriculture and urban type businesses, typically located in rural areas, such as farmers operating agriculture businesses; and small business owners in village settlements.
28/09/2018 SAS CYCLHAD (France) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 42 000 000 An additional loan request to part-finance the acquisition and exploitation of the System of Research and Treatment in Hadrontherapy (SRTH) prototype. Final beneficiairies will be people affected by cancer, who will have access to an innovative cancer treatment therapy.
28/09/2018 Santander Leasing S.A. (Poland) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 120 000 000 Part-financing, in the form of leases, of eligible investments undertaken by MSMEs operating in a wide range of sectors including manufacturing, transportation and storage, agriculture, construction, healthcare and wholesale trade.
28/09/2018 Region of Pomerania (Poland) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 36 904 762 A Public sector Financing Facility to part-finance regional investment projects which include the renovation, refurbishment and extension of existing facilities, as well as the construction of new structures. Final beneficiairies include the inhabitants of the Region of Pomerania who will benefit from an upgraded road network and an improved healthcare infrastructure throughout the region.
28/09/2018 Region of Podkarpackie (Poland) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 42 857 143 A Public sector Financing Facility to part-finance regional investment projects which include the renovation, refurbishment and extension of existing facilities, as well as the construction of new structures. Final beneficiairies include the inhabitants of the Region of Podkarpackie who will benefit from upgraded road and regional railway networks, an equal and universal access to the cultural offer, and an improved healthcare infrastructure throughout the region.
28/09/2018 MI-BOSPO (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 2 000 000 The loan will part-finance productive investment sub-loans for micro-enterprises, farmers and private households throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, predominantly targeting women.