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
21/03/2013 OTP Banka Slovensko A.S. (Slovak Republic) Strengthening social integration
Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
Managing the environment
€ 40 000 000 Creation and preservation of jobs, improvement of living conditions and protection of environment.
25/01/2013 Government (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Strengthening social integration € 60 000 000 Providing part-funding for the closure of collective centres and alternative accommodations through provision of adapted public housing solutions to at least 7 200 internally-displaced persons throughout the country.
25/01/2013 UniCredit Bulbank (Bulgaria) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 30 000 000 Implementation of investment projects in the field of creation and preservation of viable jobs in micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) throughout Bulgaria.
25/01/2013 Société Générale (France) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 107 899 996 Part-financing of investments tailored to the specific needs of a public-private partnership project for the construction/rehabilitation of 8 colleges in the French Department of Seine Saint Denis characterised by numerous sensitive urban zones (“ZUS”).
25/01/2013 Türkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. (Halkbank) (Türkiye) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 30 000 000 Promoting women entrepreneurship and contributing to job creation and maintenance in micro and small-sized enterprises.
15/11/2012 Institut Jules Bordet (Belgium) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 110 000 000 Part-financing the relocation of the Institut Jules Bordet alongside Erasmus Hospital on the campus of the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Anderlecht, Brussels and the creation of a new, merged centre of excellence in the field of oncology with improved effectiveness of the medical facilities as well as working conditions of the medical staff.
15/11/2012 JSC Procredit Bank (Georgia) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 11 718 750 Co-financing of small investment projects in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) throughout the country.
15/11/2012 Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası (Türkiye) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 100 000 000 Partial financing, through leasing, of small and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) productive investments with a view to support the creation and preservation of viable jobs.
15/11/2012 CSOB Leasing, AS (Slovak Republic) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation
Strengthening social integration
Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
€ 75 000 000 Multi-sector programme
15/11/2012 Caixa Bank (ex La Caixa) (Spain) Integration of refugees, displaced persons and migrants
Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
€ 100 000 000 Improving access to educational and healthcare services of excluded social groups.
21/09/2012 Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (Germany) Strengthening social integration
Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
€ 190 000 000 Multi-sector programme for the partial financing of projects in the sector of improving living conditions in urban and rural areas through municipal investments such as re-development of derelict industrial estates, utilities, socio-cultural, health and education facilities to the benefit of targeted populations in the Federal State of Brandenburg and aimed at fostering a more balanced regional development.
21/09/2012 Slovenskà zaručnà a rozvojovà banka, a.s. (SZRB) (Slovak Republic) Strengthening social integration
Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
€ 30 000 000 Funding the investments that improve conditions for sustained economic development and better living standards for targeted populations by facilitating access to credit for the construction and upgrading of local infrastructure.
21/09/2012 Intesa San Paolo Banka Bosna i Hercegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 30 000 000 Supporting MSMEs for the creation and preservation of viable jobs.
21/09/2012 SGB-Bank (Poland) Strengthening social integration
Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
€ 20 000 000 Partial financing of productive investments in SMEs aiming at promoting the creation and preservation of viable jobs and partial financing of eligible investments undertaken by local governments and other public-sector entities.
21/09/2012 Bank BPS (Poland) Strengthening social integration
Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
€ 20 000 000 Partial financing of productive investments in SMEs aiming at promoting the creation and preservation of viable jobs and partial financing of eligible investments undertaken by local governments and other public-sector entities.
21/09/2012 Crédit Mutuel Arkea (France) Strengthening social integration € 100 000 000 Adaptation of HLM (low-cost housing) for the elderly.
21/09/2012 ProCredit Bank (Bulgaria) AD (Bulgaria) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 10 000 000 Implementation of investment projects in the field of creation and preservation of viable jobs in very small, small and medium-sized enterprises throughout Bulgaria.
15/06/2012 Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS (Türkiye) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 100 000 000 Provision of medium to long-term financial resources in support of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector and thus employment generation.
15/06/2012 Raiffeinsen Leasing IFN SA (Romania) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 30 000 000 Partial financing, through leasing, of fixed productive assets in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) aimed at promoting the creation and preservation of viable jobs.
15/06/2012 Raiffeisen Bank (Romania) Strengthening social integration
Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
€ 50 000 000 Partial financing of productive investment projects by micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in job creation and preservation.