CEB projects

The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) was established in 1956 under a partial agreement of the Council of Europe. Its priority is to provide financial assistance to help Member States tackle social issues arising from the presence of refugees or displaced persons and victims of natural or environmental disasters. The scope of the Development Bank goes beyond its core mandate to take account of new social and economic factors.

The Bank lends up to 50% of the total value of social investment projects, which are intended to:

• creating jobs in small and medium-sized enterprises in less developed areas;
• drawing up vocational training programmes;
• building social housing units;

Provision of social infrastructure in health (hospitals, health centres, etc.), education (schools, universities, etc.), environmental protection (waste water treatment plants, waste disposal facilities, etc.), modernisation of agriculture (basic infrastructure), urban regeneration and the protection and revitalisation of historical heritage.

The Bank has set up a “Fund Selection Account”, through which it channels part of its annual profits to subsidise interest for specific social projects in the Member States most in need.

For more information on the Development Bank, please visit https://coebank.org/en/

CEB-financed projects of the Housing Fund of the Republic of Slovenia are available at https://coebank.org/en/project-financing/projects-approved-administrative-council/social-and-affordable-housing-slovenia/ and https://coebank.org/en/project-financing/projects-approved-administrative-council/?country=slovenia