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
07/06/2024 Vilnius City Municipality (Lithuania) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 50 000 000 The Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) aims to co-finance the investments envisaged by the borrower in its Strategic Plan 2024-2026, thus supporting integrated urban development actions to address social, economic, demographic, environmental and climate change challenges facing the city. In particular, the CEB loan will partially finance actions to improve Vilnius City's education infrastructure, to modernise its healthcare facilities, as well as to develop and improve the infrastructure providing various social services.
07/06/2024 Government (Poland) Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital € 115 000 000 An additional Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) request, increasing the total amount of the loan to € 565 million to assist the borrower in its efforts to support the medium and long-term needs of refugees and their host communities. In particular, the CEB loan will contribute to the Polish Response Plan, mostly through the provision of monthly allowances for children and families, as well as in the area of accommodation.
07/06/2024 AMCCRS (Romania) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 153 000 000 The EU Co-financing Facility (ECF) aims to support the borrower’s investment programme for disaster risk reduction. In particular, the ECF will partially finance eligible expenditure for two components: (i) the seismic consolidation and energy efficiency measures of 17 buildings in Bucharest, of which 14 are multi-family residential buildings and three are public buildings including the Gheorghe Tattarescu Museum and the Bulandra Theatre; (ii) the temporary relocation of citizens during the works in apartments belonging to the municipality or procured in the private sector.
07/06/2024 Bratislavská vodárenská spoločnosť, a.s. (Bratislava Water Company) (Slovak Republic) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 30 000 000 The Public Sector Financing Facility (PFF) aims to support the borrower's budgetary expenditures for 2024-2026 by modernising aging water and wastewater infrastructure. This initiative will enhance water quality, service reliability, and environmental impacts while addressing climate change challenges like droughts and floods. It also seeks to improve energy efficiency, reduce water leakage, and extend services to new urban areas.
07/06/2024 Comunidad autónoma de Andalucía (Spain) Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital € 200 000 000 The Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) aims to support the regional authorities in their efforts to provide quality social care services to the elderly and persons with disabilities. The CEB loan will partially finance the Borrower’s budgetary expenditures on social care services by external suppliers for 2024-2025. The PFF may also partially finance small-scale investments to upgrade the existing social infrastructure.
15/04/2024 SIS Credit (Bulgaria) Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion € 3 000 000 The Programme loan* aims at partially financing the borrower’s lending activities focused on (i) supporting the financial and social inclusion of micro-entrepreneurs with limited or no access to finance in Bulgaria and (ii) promoting the development of the microfinance industry in the country. In particular, the CEB loan will partially finance the borrower’s lending activities through direct lending to micro-enterprises, including start-ups, in agriculture, catering, hospitality and in services related to education.
25/03/2024 Microcredit Foundation Mikra Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion € 3 000 000 The Programme loan aims to partially finance, through provision of micro-loans, income generating activities of economically vulnerable women and women-led businesses throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. In particular, the CEB loan will partially finance eligible investments for agricultural, housing and investment loans, as well as for working capital needs and will support energy efficiency measures in households.
25/03/2024 Laakso Joint Hospital (Kiinteistöosakeyhtiö Laakson yhteissairaala, “LYS”) (Finland) Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital € 150 000 000 The Project loan aims to provide a high-quality, inclusive and affordable psychiatric and somatic healthcare for the City of Helsinki and the Uusimaa district. In particular, the CEB loan will partially finance reconstruction works and construction of new energy-efficient buildings for Laakso Joint Hospital.
25/03/2024 Syndicat des Eaux d'Ile de France (SEDIF) (France) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 140 000 000 The Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) aims to support eligible investments to renew obsolete pipes belonging to the drinking water distribution and transport networks. In particular, the CEB loan will part finance investments for the partial renewal of the distribution network to replace 176 km of dilapidated pipes, as well as 17 partial renewal operations of transmission network pipes to replace 34.6 km of pipelines.
25/03/2024 City of Nuremberg (Stadt Nürnberg) (Germany) Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital € 100 000 000 The Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) aims to expand and improve the education and childcare infrastructure in Nuremberg. In particular, the CEB loan will partially finance the extension and modernization of early childhood and care facilities, the expansion of afterschool care for primary school children, digitalisation of schools, as well as construction of additional schools and classrooms.
25/03/2024 City of Reykjavik (Iceland) Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital € 100 000 000 The Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) will support the Borrower to improve the quality of education through the rehabilitation and expansion of the education infrastructure in schools, allowing for a better learning environment, in line with the priorities set in the City’s Education Policy 2030.
25/03/2024 Pekao Leasing Sp. z.o.o. (Poland) Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion € 250 000 000 The Programme loan aims to partially finance eligible investments in fixed assets and productive equipment to support beneficiaries’ core business activities, such as the purchase of motor vehicles for commercial purposes, machinery and equipment, IT and office equipment, in a wide range of sectors such as construction, wholesale trade, industry and manufacturing, retail and agriculture. In addition, the Borrower expects to allocate 15% of CEB loan to "green" assets that contribute to energy consumption reduction and indicates that an additional 5% of the loan will be allocated to the financing of other "green assets”, such as the installation of solar panels.
25/03/2024 3Bank JSC Novi Sad (Serbia) Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion € 6 000 000 The Programme loan aims to support microbusinesses in remote and rural areas in Serbia. In particular, the CEB loan will partially finance eligible investments for agricultural and business loan products, as well as working capital needs.
25/03/2024 Trnava Self-governing Region (Slovak Republic) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 40 000 000 The Public Sector Financing Facility (PFF) aims to provide long-term and bridge financing to EU funded projects to cover investments in social care, healthcare, education, transportation and social infrastructure planned by the region.
25/03/2024 Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León (Spain) Investing in People and Enhancing Human Capital € 140 000 000 The Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) aims to support the Borrower’s efforts to finance the construction, refurbishment and equipment of healthcare facilities in the region. The CEB loan will partially finance, among others, (i) the construction and equipment of a new hospital in Aranda del Duero; a technical block in the hospital of Palencia; and an outpatient building in the hospital of Salamanca; and (ii) the refurbishment and equipment of the existing hospital in Soria, including the installation of a radiotherapy mobile unit for oncological patients.
25/03/2024 Republic of Türkiye (Türkiye) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 250 000 000 An additional Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) request, increasing the total amount of the loan to € 500 million, to support the Borrower’s efforts in recuperating the delivery of health services, as well as the country’s medium-term efforts to rebuild resilient health facilities impaired by the earthquake.
25/03/2024 Government (Ukraine) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 100 000 000 The Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) aims to support the Borrower’s efforts at ensuring the right to housing for those whose primary residence was destroyed. In particular, the CEB loan will be used to finance the program set up by the Ukrainian government, enabling eligible beneficiaries to obtain housing certificates to purchase a residential property.
26/01/2024 Partner Microcredit Foundation (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Supporting Jobs and Economic and Financial Inclusion € 3 500 000 Additional Programme Loan amount to Partner Microcredit Foundation, increasing the total amount of the loan to € 7.5 million, to partially finance eligible investments aiming at financing the small-scale energy efficiency investments undertaken by households and microenterprises over the period of 2024-2026. Supporting the lending to low-income households and microenterprises, the programme will improve the comfort of dwellings and reduce the burden of energy bills.
26/01/2024 IREN S.p.A. (Italy) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 80 000 000 Additional Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) amount to IREN S.p.A., increasing the total amount of the loan to € 160 million, to part-finance eligible investments supporting the Borrower’s budgetary expenditures for the period 2022-2026. The PFF will continue to support the borrower in financing integrated water services, mostly in small and medium-size municipalities in Italy. Investments will contribute to developing a more sustainable use of water resources through leakage reduction, improved quality of drinking water networks, and better sewer treatment systems.
26/01/2024 Republic of Lithuania (Lithuania) Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments € 57 500 000 The Public Sector Finance Facility (PFF) will co-finance renovation of the public buildings to ensure energy efficiency and accessibility of public services to vulnerable groups, local communities and general public. The PFF will co-finance, together with the Nordic Investment Bank, pre-selected investments in the amount of €184 million in the portfolio of Turto bankas, the Lithuanian Government’s fund responsible for management of state property.