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
15/03/2012 Banque Populaire Caisse d'Épargne S.A. (BPCE) (France) Managing the environment
Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation 		€ 150 000 000 Rehabilitation, extension and upgrade to current standards of French community services for reliant/dependent persons directly benefitting some 15,000 persons placed in Residential Care Homes for Reliant Persons (EHPAD) and in residential care services such as medico-social foster homes for people with disabilities (children and adults) and specialised residential and day care units. Renovation and modernisation of current infrastructure of EPHADs with a view to improving energy efficiency.
15/03/2012 Government (Serbia) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 17 000 000 Construction and equipment of the new high security prison facility in Kragujevac for 400 detainees. Apart from the improvement of facilities, the project will help develop better living conditions for the inmates and working conditions of the prison staff while lessening the burden on existing infrastructure.
15/03/2012 Raiffeisen Leasing Polska (Poland) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 50 000 000 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.
15/03/2012 Europejski Fundusz Leasingowy S.A. (Poland) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 130 000 000 Partial financing of fixed productive assets in SMEs aiming at promoting the creation and preservation of viable jobs.
27/01/2012 Bank Gospodarki Zywnosciowej S.A. (BGZ) (Poland) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 50 000 000 Partial financing of fixed productive assets in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) aimed at promoting the creation and preservation of viable jobs.
27/01/2012 Government (Serbia) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 18 000 000 Partial financing of the construction and equipment of the new Pancevo prison facility for 500 inmates as part of a programme aimed at alleviating prison overcrowding and adjusting the inmates’ living, safety and hygiene conditions to the European Prison Rules (EPR).
27/01/2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Strengthening social integration € 11 000 000 Plava Voda Regional Water Supply.
27/01/2012 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (Spain) Strengthening social integration
Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation
Managing the environment 		€ 140 000 000 Partial financing of eligible public infrastructure investments undertaken by municipalities and other public entities as well as co-financing of urban revitalization projects carried out within the framework of the JESSICA initiative.
27/01/2012 Türkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. (Halkbank) (Türkiye) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 50 000 000 Provision of long-term lease financing to eligible Turkish SMEs in view of job creation and preservation.
17/11/2011 Government (Republic of Moldova) Strengthening social integration € 13 400 000 Provision of sustainable social housing to vulnerable and low-income population, including young families with children, in the Republic of Moldova.
17/11/2011 Privredna Banka Zagreb (PBZ) (Croatia) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation
Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises 		€ 30 000 000 Amelioration of living conditions in urban and rural areas through financing of eligible local authorities' investments. Creation and preservation of employment in the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector.
17/11/2011 Comunidad Autónoma de Murcia (Spain) Managing the environment € 50 000 000 Reconstruction and rehabilitation of public infrastructure, dwellings and monuments affected by the earthquake of May 2011 in Lorca (Murcia), Spain.
17/11/2011 Hungary (Hungary) Managing the environment € 150 000 000 Reconstruction and prevention works following floods in 2010 and decontamination and mitigation works following the 2010 red sludge spill in Ajka.
17/11/2011 VUB Banka (Slovak Republic) Managing the environment € 50 000 000 Partial financing of individual investments undertaken by SMEs and Housing associations in two of CEB's sectors of action: Job Creation and Protection of the Environment.
17/11/2011 Republic of Croatia (Croatia) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 50 000 000 Construction of a new penitentiary/prison complex near Sibenik, on the Dalmatian coast, that has a capacity for 1 270 detainees, in response to the endemic problem of prison overcrowding.
16/09/2011 Government (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 9 200 000 Development of family medicine, involving primarily, in value terms, the reconstruction and construction of primary care centres (so-called "ambulantas"), as well as strengthening of related capacities, such as management, to ensure sustainability.
16/09/2011 Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria) EAD (Bulgaria) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 30 000 000 Financing of productive investments by Bulgarian micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
16/09/2011 Government (Croatia) Managing the environment € 75 000 000 Support to the implementation of priority investments in updating and development of water and wastewater infrastructure in localities where the existing facilities are still inadequate or insufficiently developed. The project is expected to result in improved infrastructure, increased service coverage and enhanced ecological quality of surface and groundwater resources. The project aims to reduce risks to public health, as well as to improve the quality of life and economic opportunities for the beneficiary populations.
16/09/2011 BPIFRANCE Financement (France) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 100 000 000 Follow-up operation with OSEO Financement, France, for the partial financing of fixed productive assets in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) aimed at promoting the creation and preservation of viable jobs.
16/09/2011 Bank Ochrony Srodowiska SA (Poland) Strengthening social integration
Managing the environment
Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises 		€ 75 000 000 Partial financing of eligible public infrastructure investments undertaken by local governments and other public-sector entities in order to create better conditions for sustained economic development and better living conditions for targeted populations.
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