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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
15/11/2024 Rīgas Siltums AS (Latvia) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 40 000 000 This Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) aims to support the Borrower to ensure the reliability and sustainability of district heating services in Riga, through the replacement of old network pipes to prevent future pipe bursts and reduce heat losses, and the extension of the district heating network to unserved city areas.
15/11/2024 Government (Romania) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 140 000 000 This Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) aims to support the Borrower to improve access to cultural facilities through the renovation and construction of cultural and heritage assets throughout the country, including in lagging regions. The PFF will support the restauration/extension of 13 sub-projects and the construction of a new Opera in Iaşi.
15/11/2024 Pension Real Estate Fund (Real Estate Fund of the Pension and Disability Insurance Fund) (Slovenia) Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital € 20 000 000 This Project loan aims to support the Borrower’s investments to promote inclusive and resilient living environments for the elderly, by partially financing investments in assisted housing for elderly and retired citizens. The objective is to provide 220 assisted housing units, which would ensure access to adequate living conditions and a dignified, stable quality of life for approximately 300 persons.
15/11/2024 Government (Ukraine) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 200 000 000 This Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) supports the Borrower’s efforts in responding to the devastating consequences of the aggression of the Russian Federation against the country. It will enable eligible beneficiaries to access a Government’s scheme by part-financing expenditures related to the payment of accommodation assistance to IDPs. The PFF will contribute to enhance the socio-economic resilience of IDPs and to reduce their vulnerability by helping their transition from reliance on temporary assistance to more sustainable living conditions through government-led initiatives for employment, childcare, and healthcare.
15/11/2024 Istituto per il Credito Sportivo e Culturale S.p.A. (Italy) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 75 000 000 This Programme loan aims to support the Borrower’s activities through providing funding to local authorities for sports and cultural facilities’ investments including the construction, improvement, expansion and equipment of sports facilities; the acquisition of assets to be used as sports facilities; sport’s facilities management; the construction, improvement, expansion and equipment of fixed assets to be used for cultural activities and related support activities. The objective is to improve the living conditions of the facilities’ end-users.
15/11/2024 Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence (France) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 150 000 000 An additional loan of €150 million to Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence (AMP) will support the Nouveau Métro de Marseille (New Metro of Marseille, NEOMMA) programme to modernise Marseille’s metro system. Ensuring a reliable public transport system is crucial to boosting the area's economic attractiveness, improving residents' access to key urban services and enhancing connectivity for currently underserved neighbourhoods. The investments will support equitable and accessible transport options that help address AMP's social disparities and territorial inequalities while meeting the needs of Marseille’s growing population and promoting sustainable and inclusive socioeconomic development.
27/09/2024 Eki Microcredit Company (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion € 3 000 000 This programme aims to support Eki Microcredit Company in providing micro-loans, supporting jobs and income generating activities as well as energy efficiency investments of vulnerable populations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The loan will part-finance the Borrower’s agricultural, housing and business micro-loan products focused on low-income clients, individuals, and micro entrepreneurs, who have limited access to financial services, mainly in rural areas.
27/09/2024 Government (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 12 000 000 This project aims to support Bosnia and Herzegovina in financing the construction of a Cultural and Sports Centre in the city of Mostar. The loan will partially finance the construction and equipment of the new Cultural and Sports Centre, as well as project management and supervision costs.
27/09/2024 Government (Bulgaria) Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital € 250 000 000 This ECF aims to support the Republic of Bulgaria in delivering against the national contribution pre-requisites for access to financing under the EU Cohesion Policy and as part of the country’s obligations per Bulgaria’s Partnership Agreement with the EU signed in 2022. The CEB loan will partially finance eligible investments within two Operational Programmes dedicated to education, vocational training and improvement of the employability of the Bulgarian workforce, under the management of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy.
27/09/2024 Government (Cyprus) Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital € 72 000 000 This project aims to create an international-level centre for Cypriot archaeology in Nicosia and a leading cultural institution dedicated to the development, care, study, presentation and interpretation of Cyprus’ rich archaeological heritage. The facility will feature a new museological approach with spacious exhibition rooms and modern technology applications, making it more accessible and inclusive. Specific attention will be given to sustainability, accessibility, and energy efficiency aspects of the building.
27/09/2024 Government (Serbia) Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital € 25 000 000 This project aims to support the Borrower in constructing a new prison complex in Subotica to alleviate overcrowding and address the dilapidated state of detention facilities throughout Serbia. The loan will partially finance eligible investments in line with the new prison strategy of the Republic of Serbia – the “Strategy for the Development of the System of Enforcement of Criminal Sanctions for 2021-2027”.
27/09/2024 Government (Türkiye) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 330 000 000 This project aims to part-finance eligible investments to support the Borrower to improve Istanbul’s preparedness for a potential earthquake through 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. The loan will partially finance eligible investments under the following components: Component A: Enhancing Emergency Preparedness; Component B: Seismic Risk Mitigation for Public Facilities; Component C: Enforcement of Building Codes; Component D: Project Management.
27/09/2024 Joint-Stock Company Joint- Stock Bank Lviv (Ukraine) Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion € 3 000 000 This loan aims to support the Joint-Stock Company Joint-Stock Bank Lviv efforts on-lending to eligible end- borrower micro-enterprises to finance their productive investments and working capital needs in a number of sectors, including agriculture, in areas with a high concentration of IDPs.
27/09/2024 Reykjavík Energy- Orkuveitan (Iceland) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 75 000 000 This PFF aims to support Reykjavík Energy to enhance the long-term living conditions in the Reykjavík capital area, and more specifically to renew and expand the potable and hot water distribution systems, heating distribution and sewage infrastructure and to improve public transport infrastructure. The loan will partially finance eligible investments in line with Reykjavík City's urban development plan. The loan will particularly co-fund the following: renewal and expansion of hot water distribution system; potable water distribution system, reinvestment, and refurbishment; sewage and rainwater system infrastructure for the City Line “Borgarlina”; and sewage and water systems in the neighbourhoods of Ártúnshöfði and Hlemmur.
27/09/2024 Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A. (Italy) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 350 000 000 The programme aims to support the Borrower’s action in part-financing eligible investment sub-projects relating to the restoration, reparation, construction and reconstruction in the regions of Abruzzo, Lazio, Marche and Umbria that were affected by the earthquakes of 2016 and 2017. The loan would cover part of the private sector reconstruction measures, specifically housing and the damaged infrastructure of enterprises. The ultimate objective of the project is to contribute to recreating the prerequisites for the regeneration of the affected territories, making them safe and liveable again.
27/09/2024 Sostre Cívic (Spain) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 31 000 000 This programme loan will support Sostre Civic SCCL, a social non-profit housing cooperative developer, to build or refurbish over 300 social housing units, thus increasing the supply of sorely lacking social and affordable housing in the region of Catalonia. The total cost of the programme, amounting to €62 million, will be partially financed with EU Funds. The programme, guaranteed by InvestEU, represents the largest cooperative housing project in Catalonia and in Spain.
24/07/2024 PerMicro S.P.A. (Italy) Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion € 17 000 000 This programme loan* would part-finance beneficiaries’ investments and working capital needs to support their business activities, such as the purchase of goods, materials, equipment and licenses, as well as expenses related to the creation of a business start-up.
25/06/2024 Credal SCES (Belgium) Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion € 15 000 000 This programme loan* in favour of Credal SCES aims at supporting Credal SCES’s activity for the partial financing of investment needs of social enterprises in Belgium with limited or no access to finance.
25/06/2024 Cassa del Microcredito (Italy) Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion € 10 000 000 This programme loan* in favour of Cassa del Microcredito SpA aims at supporting Cassa Del Microcredito activity for the partial financing of investment and working capital needs of micro-enterprises and self- employed professionals in Italy.
07/06/2024 HBOR (Croatia) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments
Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion 		€ 250 000 000 The Programme loan aims to support sustainable municipal infrastructure across Croatia and contribute to strengthening MSMEs’ competitive position and fostering. The CEB loan will partially finance eligible municipal and regional investments undertaken by the Croatian municipalities, cities and counties. The CEB loan proceeds will be channelled through HBOR's direct lending to MSMEs as well as through on-lending of funds to MSMEs via the financial intermediaries’ networks.
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