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
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.
28/09/2018 City of Kuopio (Finland) Sustainable and inclusive growth
Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures 		€ 50 000 000 A Public sector Financing Facility to part-finance municipal investments which include the renovation, refurbishment and extension of existing facilities, as well as the construction of new structures. Final beneficiaries include a wide range of the population of the City of Kuopio amoung which are children attending day-care centres and schools, pupils, teaching staff, young families, individuals attending cultural events and libraries and users of sport facilities.
28/09/2018 Thüringer Aufbaubank (Germany) Sustainable and inclusive growth
Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures 		€ 50 000 000 The loan will part-finance the modernisation of urban and rural infrastructures, including energy efficiency, and support MSMEs in the financing of fixed assets and productive equipment in order to promote the attractiveness and development of the Free State of Thuringia.
28/09/2018 NRW.BANK (Germany) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 200 000 000 The loan will part-finance investments which come under the NRW.BANK Good School 2020 programme and in particular the construction of new schools and the refurbishment, modernisation and extension of existing facilities in municipalities and districts within the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Investments will also aim to promote the digitalisation of establishment by financing IT equipment and infrastructure.
28/09/2018 HBOR (Croatia) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 50 000 000 The project will part-finance Phase II of the KBCRi hospital campus development programme, which consists of the construction and equipping of new premises and ancillary facilities serving the campus on the existing Sušak hospital site.
15/06/2018 City of Vantaa (Finland) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 60 000 000 Increase of the existing loan by €60 million (to a total amount of €120 million) to part-finance investments in social infrastructures, including the construction of new and supplementary buildings as well as the restoration, and mostly renovation, of existing facilities. Final beneficiaries will include a large numbers of the City of Vantaa’s population representing different age and society groups including certain vulnerable groups, such as the elderly, immigrants and refugees, as well as children, school pupils, teachers, hospitals’ patients, inhabitants attending cultural events or libraries, persons practising sport activities and families.
15/06/2018 PerMicro SpA (Italy) Sustainable and inclusive growth
Integration of refugees, displaced persons and migrants 		€ 7 000 000 Sub-projects within two microcredit products
15/06/2018 Pekao Leasing Sp. z o.o (Poland) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 150 000 000 Eligible investments undertaken by MSMEs operating in a wide range of sectors including construction, wholesale trade, industry and manufacturing, retail or agriculture. Final beneficiaries will be the employees of eligible MSMEs as well as job seekers throughout the country who will benefit from stable employment.
15/06/2018 Region of Podlaskie (Poland) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 66 666 667 Public sector Financing Facility to part-finance investment projects for the construction of new roads as well as renovation of existing ones, replacement of the fleet of regional diesel-engined buses and the modernisation, extension and improvement of regional hospital facilities and specialised units. Final beneficiaries will be the inhabitants of the Region of Podlaskie who will benefit from an upgraded road network and improved healthcare infrastructure throughout the region.
15/06/2018 Empresa de Desenvolvimento e Infra-estructuras do Alqueva S.A (Portugal) Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures € 45 000 000 Investments within the Alqueva Multi-Purpose Project (EFMA) which foresees the installation of floating solar plants to power water pumping stations in the South East of Portugal, with the aim of reducing energy costs and the environmental footprint of EDIA’s irrigation systems. Final beneficiaries will be farmers using the Borrower’s energy and cost saving irrigation systems and, more in general, the Portuguese population who will benefit from a cleaner environment as a result of the reduction in carbon emissions.
15/06/2018 Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento S.A (Portugal) Sustainable and inclusive growth
Climate action: developing adaptation and mitigation measures 		€ 100 000 000 Investments in innovation and technology as well as in renewable and efficient energy to enhance the sustainability, energy efficiency, growth and creation and preservation of viable jobs in MSMEs. Final beneficiaries will be the employees of eligible MSMEs as well as job seekers throughout the country who will benefit from the creation and maintenance of short-term as well as permanent jobs.
15/06/2018 Republic of Moldova (Republic of Moldova) Sustainable and inclusive growth € 12 000 000 Upgrading of the emergency services’ fleet at the National Centre for Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (NCPHEC) consisting of the procurement of 168 new ambulances. The final beneficiaries will be the inhabitants of the Republic of Moldova who will benefit from upgraded and improved availability of emergency care assistance. Those populations residing furthest away from medical institutions, mainly those in remote and rural areas, will benefit particularly from the project.
15/06/2018 Roma Education Fund (Romania) Integration of refugees, displaced persons and migrants € 2 000 000 The loan will be used by the REF to bridge finance three European Social Fund (ESF) funded programmes (50% of the CEB loan) and one EEA/Norway Grants programme (50% of the CEB loan). The programme loan will contribute to improved Roma access to quality education, a drop in early school leaving, updated and adapted school teaching methods and awareness rising among pupils’ parents. Final beneficiaries will be early education children, primary and secondary education pupils, parents and teachers.
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