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
10/06/2011 Georgia (Georgia) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 60 000 000 Construction of Laituri high security prison for 2,000 inmates.
10/06/2011 Société Wallone du Logement (Belgium) Strengthening social integration € 190 000 000 Partial financing of rehabilitation works of social housing units as part of the final phase of the Exceptional Investment Program (IEP).
10/06/2011 Intesa Leasing d.o.o. Beograd (Serbia) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 20 000 000 Job creation and preservation in SMEs through partial financing of productive investments (leasing of cars and equipment).
10/06/2011 Komercni Banka A.S. (KB) (Czech Republic) Strengthening social integration
Managing the environment
€ 100 000 000 Reconstruction of public infrastructure in the Czech Republic.
13/05/2011 Government (North Macedonia) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 30 000 000 Part-financing the construction of physical education facilities in primary schools and the rehabilitation of primary and secondary schools throughout the country.
13/05/2011 Türkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. (Halkbank) (Türkiye) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 100 000 000 Provision of long-term, flexible financial resources in support of the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), thus contributing to their ability to grow and, whenever possible, create and/or preserve jobs.
13/05/2011 Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León (Spain) Managing the environment € 100 000 000 Within the framework of Fire Prevention Plan and Regional Strategy of Sustainable Development Castilla León 2009-2014, the part-financed investments aim at protecting natural wooded areas from the threat of fire and at preserving the region's biodiversity and improving its adaptability to climate change.
13/05/2011 Region of Lodzkie (Poland) Strengthening social integration € 50 000 000 Partial financing of regional road investment expenditures carried out by regional authorities.
13/05/2011 Banca Intesa AD Beograd (Serbia) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 20 000 000 Job creation and preservation in SMEs through partial financing of productive investments.
17/03/2011 Crédit Agricole SA (France) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 100 000 000 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.
17/03/2011 Bankowy Fundusz Leasingowy (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.
17/03/2011 SG Equipment Leasing Polska sp.z o.o. (Poland) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation
€ 50 000 000 Partial financing of fixed productive assets in SMEs aiming at promoting the creation and preservation of viable jobs as well as partial financing of medical equipment in hospital and other medical facilities.
28/01/2011 Comunidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 100 000 000 Construction, refurbishment and extension of pre-school, primary and secondary education and vocational training buildings and related infrastructure in the Madrid region.
28/01/2011 Fonds Du Logement Des Familles Nombreuses De Wallonie (Belgium) Strengthening social integration € 80 000 000 The project consists in granting some 1 500 social mortgage loans and some 500 zero-interest écoprêts (“green loans”) to large, low-income families.
28/01/2011 Nuevo Microbank (ex Microbank) (Spain) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
Strengthening social integration
€ 100 000 000 Partial financing of Microbank's lending to micro-firms and individuals, primarily for the purpose of job creation.
18/11/2010 Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) (Bulgaria) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 20 000 000 Support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Bulgaria.
18/11/2010 Société Générale - Expressbank (Bulgaria) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 5 000 000 Creation and maintenance of viable jobs in the Bulgarian small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector by securing the funding of on-going investments.
18/11/2010 Republic of Croatia (Croatia) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 6 480 000 Construction of the new annex of the Zagreb prison and rehabilitation of the existing buildings. Through the provision of additional capacity and the refurbishment of the existing premises, the project aims to improve living conditions for around 900 inmates and ensure their basic rights. In addition, by creating adequate capacities for rehabilitation programmes for inmates, the project should provide improved conditions for their future re-socialisation.
18/11/2010 PKO BANK POLSKI SA (Poland) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 150 000 000 Partial financing of fixed productive assets in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) aimed at promoting the creation and preservation of viable jobs.
18/11/2010 Republic of Serbia (Serbia) Managing the environment € 32 000 000 Modified into: Partial financing of the construction and/or rehabilitation of houses and infrastructure damaged by the spring 2014 floods in Serbia.