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
22/01/2016 Government (Hungary) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 49 100 000 Rehabilitating pre-schools, primary and secondary facilities throughout the country, including sport facilities.
22/01/2016 Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) (Ireland) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 200 000 000 Fostering the creation and preservation of viable jobs in SMEs throughout the country.
22/01/2016 Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (Poland) Strengthening social integration € 186 046 512 Facilitating the provision of affordable rental housing by intermediate, social housing operators.
05/11/2015 Trnava Self-Governing Region (Slovak Republic) Strengthening social integration
Managing the environment
€ 15 000 000 Support of regional infrastructure in Trnava Self-governing Region (TTSK) by partial financing of investments in Improving living conditions in urban and rural areas, Protection and rehabilitation of historic and cultural heritage and Protection of the environment sector, co-financing and bridge financing of sub-projects financed through EU Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund (SFCF).
05/11/2015 Ceska Sporitelna, A.S. (Czech Republic) Strengthening social integration
Managing the environment
€ 50 000 000 Reconstruction of public infrastructure in the Czech Republic.
05/11/2015 microSart SCRL-FS (Belgium) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 6 400 000 Support for job creation and preservation via microcredit in Belgium.
05/11/2015 Government (Montenegro) Strengthening social integration € 10 000 000 Facilitate access to housing solution to some 500 low-income households throughout Montenegro.
05/11/2015 Crédit Coopératif (France) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 100 000 000 Financing of various sub-projects in the fields of health and education.
02/10/2015 Republic of Poland (Poland) Managing the environment € 300 000 000 The project aims at protecting the inhabitants of the Odra and Upper Vistula catchment areas, representing more than 50% of the Polish territory and a population of about 5 million directly exposed to flood-related impacts.
02/10/2015 Žilina Self-Governing Region (Slovak Republic) Strengthening social integration
Managing the environment
Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation
€ 49 500 000 Improving living conditions in the Slovak Republic in the Žilina Self-Governing Region (ZSK) by partial financing of investments in improving living conditions in urban and rural areas and Health sector, co-financing and bridge financing of sub-projects financed through EU Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund (SFCF) in Improving living conditions in urban and rural areas, Health and Protection of the environment sectors.
02/10/2015 North Aegean Region Hellenic Republic (Greece) Strengthening social integration € 2 000 000 Creation of accommodation capacities for migrants arriving on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean Region, Greece.
02/10/2015 Komercni Banka A.S. (KB) (Czech Republic) Strengthening social integration
Managing the environment
€ 100 000 000 Reconstruction of public infrastructure in the Czech Republic.
02/10/2015 Attistibas Finansu Institucija Altum (Latvia) Managing the environment € 50 000 000 Renovation of multi-appartment building (1 772 buildings).
12/06/2015 Bulgarian Development Bank AD (Bulgaria) Managing the environment € 150 000 000 Improve energy efficiency in multifamily residential buildings.
12/06/2015 Adoma (France) Strengthening social integration € 100 000 000 Part-financing of investments in maintenance interventions and building upgrading, including energy efficiency, of accompanied and shelter housing stock for vulnerable population groups such as migrant workers, asylum seekers and homeless.
12/06/2015 Housing Finance Agency PLC (Ireland) Strengthening social integration € 150 000 000 Long term facility for the Housing Finance Agency (HFA) for part financing of Irish local authorities for retrofitting of existing rented social housing and the construction of new-efficient social housing units throughout Ireland.
12/06/2015 Bank Pekao S.A. (Poland) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 100 000 000 Partial financing of eligible investments undertaken by micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to contribute to the creation of new permanent and seasonal jobs.
12/06/2015 Government (Romania) Strengthening social integration € 175 000 000 Construction or rehabilitation of rental dwellings for people under the age of 35.
12/06/2015 CSOB Leasing SK (Slovak Republic) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
Strengthening social integration
Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation
€ 100 000 000 Investments in 1) fixed assets and productive equipment by MSMEs (70%), 2) the modernisation of public transportation vehicles and equipment by public private or mixed entities (20%), and 3) medical equipment by health care public, private or mixed entities (10%).
12/06/2015 PPP CO (Ireland) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 83 000 000 Irish PPP projects in the justice sector in order to either replace or redevelop seven courthouses located around Ireland to bring them up to standards of a modern court system.