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
18/11/2010 Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) Strengthening social integration
Managing the environment
€ 50 000 000 The purpose of the Project is to promote investments to improve living conditions in urban and rural areas and protect the environment throughout the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein.
18/11/2010 Hungarian Development Bank Private LTD Company - MFB ZRT (Hungary) Strengthening social integration
Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
€ 125 000 000 Multisector project: Municipalities and SMEs.
17/09/2010 Municipality of Nicosia (Cyprus) Strengthening social integration € 40 000 000 Partial financing of urban investment, infrastructure upgrading and rehabilitation projects in the centre of the City of Nicosia and its surroundings. The project is expected to have positive effects on the economic development, living conditions and social cohesion of the city's inhabitants by facilitating access to credit for the upgrade of local infrastructure.
17/09/2010 KfW (Germany) Strengthening social integration € 7 500 000 A loan to KfW that will in turn be financing investment costs pertaining to the water supply system in Kamza and rural roads in northern Albania.
17/09/2010 Slovenska izvozna in razvojna banka dd (SID) (Slovenia) Strengthening social integration
Managing the environment
€ 40 000 000 Part-financing of municipal investments aimed at improving the living conditions in urban and rural areas. Part-financing of municipal investments aimed at improving the energy efficiency of productive assets and existing infrastructure, also linked to the non-industrial scale production of energy with renewable sources.
17/09/2010 CaixaBank (ex La Caixa) (Spain) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 40 000 000 Support the rehabilitation, modernisation and development of Sant Pau Hospital in Barcelona.
17/09/2010 Vlaamse Maatschappij Voor Sociaal Wonen NV (Belgium) Strengthening social integration € 150 000 000 Providing social mortgage loans to low-income households.
17/09/2010 Region of Podkarpackie (Poland) Strengthening social integration
Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation
€ 51 400 000 Partial financing of regional investments in the "Improving living conditions in urban and rural areas" and "Health" sectors of action.
10/06/2010 Government (Cyprus) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 95 000 000 Partial financing of projects to refurbish and upgrade schools in order to respond effectively to modern education requirements. The project, comprising the construction, extension and rehabilitation of school infrastructure provides support to government strategies in the education field through actions to, inter alia, increase capacity, allow better access for handicapped students and improve safety through anti-earthquake measures.
10/06/2010 Government (Serbia) Strengthening social integration
Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation
€ 35 000 000 Improvement and upgrading of housing for young researchers and science and education infrastructure.
10/06/2010 Bankia, S.A. (Spain) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 8 000 000 Facilitate access of Roma youth to jobs through the provision of vocational training, counselling and related services.
10/06/2010 City of Warsaw (Poland) Strengthening social integration
Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation
€ 51 000 000 Partial financing of municipal investments in the Improving living conditions, Health, Education and Infrastructure of administrative services sectors of action.
10/06/2010 Irish National Development Finance Agency (Ireland) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 125 000 000 Partial financing of Thornton Hall Prison.
10/06/2010 Novo Bank S.A. (Portugal) Strengthening social integration
Managing the environment
€ 100 000 000 Municipal Investments and Protection of the Environment.
25/05/2010 Government (Türkiye) Managing the environment € 250 000 000 Support for the Istanbul Seismic Risk Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness Project (ISMEP) aimed at improving the city’s preparedness for a potential earthquake by enhancing the institutional and technical capacity for disaster management and emergency response, strengthening critical public facilities for earthquake resistance, and supporting measures for better enforcement of building codes and land use plans.
20/05/2010 Sewerage Board of Limassol - Amathus (Cyprus) Managing the environment € 130 000 000 Partial financing of environmental investments in the greater Limassol area. The main objective of the project is to upgrade and expand the existing infrastructure in order to create additional capacity and improve the system's reliability and well as to extend drainage and sewerage networks and treatment facilities to surrounding areas.
20/05/2010 Crédit Agricole SA (France) Managing the environment
Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation
€ 150 000 000 Partial financing of social investments aimed at responding to the increased financing needs of French local authorities and other public bodies for carrying out environmental protection related investments such as increasing the energy efficiency of public buildings.
20/05/2010 Government (North Macedonia) Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation € 46 000 000 Reconstruction and expansion of Idrizovo and Skopje prisons, and construction of Kumanovo prison and Tetovo juvenile detention facility.
20/05/2010 Finnvera PLC (Finland) Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises € 100 000 000 Creation and preservation of viable jobs in Finnish SMEs.
20/05/2010 Crédit Coopératif (France) Strengthening social integration
Supporting public infrastructure with a social vocation
€ 100 000 000 Improved quality of life in urban and rural areas, health and education.