CEB - Council of Europe Development Bank

En mission à #Marseille, la Vice-Gouverneure Sandrine Gaudin, accompagnée de l’Ambassadeur Pap Ndiaye & de Michele Rubirola, a visité les écoles Jolie Manon, Vayssière et Aygalades-Oasis.
🏫 Elles font partie des 188 écoles repensées pour une éducation plus inclusive et durable, grâce au #PlanEcoles.

CEB GV Monticelli updated #G20 Finance Ministers and Central Governors, as 2025 Chair of Heads of MDBs Group, on the growing momentum of MDBs working together as a system. He recalled how they are advancing joint efforts👉https://tinyurl.com/mrxzc6w5

#Ukraine’s health system is showing extraordinary resilience, not only by continuing to function under fire, but also by reforming and rebuilding.
Speaking at #URC2025, we underlined CEB’s role in strengthening healthcare delivery and infrastructure, with a focus on long-term impact for Ukrainians.

🇺🇦 Recovery starts with people.

CEB is providing €200m to help #Ukraine support 4.9M displaced by war — from housing to basic needs.
We’re also scaling up Resilience Service to deliver mental health support in communities. #URC2025

CEB Governor Carlo Monticelli joined Ukrainian and international partners to highlight how inclusive services, disability rights and mental health support are essential to rebuilding stronger communities.

CEB has signed a €3M loan with Bank Lviv to support microenterprises in western Ukraine 🇺🇦
This first CEB microfinance operation in #Ukraine will help small businesses in IDP-hosting regions access the capital they need to grow and recover.
#UkraineRecovery #URC25 #URC2025

📍 Join us at #URC25:

🕐 13:30–14:45 | Panel 2.6 – Strengthening the Social Fabric on building an inclusive and cohesive recovery.

🕓 15:00–16:15 | Panel 2.7 – Health as a Prerequisite for Recovery on restoring services and investing in human capital.

🔗 Watch live here: t.co/LMXn9rpFDj

🏠At #URC2025, CEB and 🇺🇦will take another step toward housing recovery:
📌100 million additional loan signed to expand Project HOME
📌3,000 additional families to benefit purchasing or building a new home
👉https://tinyurl.com/3vv2xm8z

🇺🇦 At #URC2025 in Rome, CEB reaffirms its support for Ukraine’s recovery, working as a system with other MDBs and international partners.

We’re signing €300M+ in financing new loans:
🏠 €200M for displaced persons
🔧 €100M to expand the HOME housing project
📈 A microfinance pilot with Bank Lviv

🤝At the #URC25, Governor Monticelli joined Ukraine’s Deputy PM Oleksii Kuleba and Italy’s Deputy PM Antonio Tajani reaffirmed their partnership to support urgent housing needs for the most vulnerable.

🇺🇦📍 Join Governor Monticelli TODAY at the #URC25 in Rome!
🕐 13:30–14:30 | IV Plenary – Financial Session

🕓 16:00–17:15 | Panel 3.1 – Ukrainian Communities as a Global Symbol of Resilience and Unity

🔗 Watch live & explore the programme: tinyurl.com/2cfa3zun

Governor Carlo Monticelli & the CEB delegation are getting ready for a full day #URC25.
We look forward to engaging with our partners to help address the social impact of the war in #Ukraine by sharing our expertise in social investments and operationalising financing for real impact on the ground.

🇸🇰 CEB signed €30M loan with Žilina Self-Governing Region to finance education, healthcare, social services, transport and sports infrastructure. Building on a trusted partnership since 2015, this loan strengthens local services & budget resilience👉https://tinyurl.com/yn282j39

🚨 Two new grants have been signed today!

🏢 €1.5M for earthquake preparedness training for 20k residents
📊€300K to assess economic impact of Istanbul earthquake safety investments

Supporting earthquake safety for 16M people in a high-risk seismic zone.

🇩🇪 CEB signs €125m loan with #NRWBANK to expand refugee housing in North Rhine-Westphalia, building on a partnership launched 2 years ago to support municipalities hosting displaced people.
Announced ahead of #URC25, this reaffirms our commitment to inclusion & recovery. tinyurl.com/2rktm42y

📢 At #FFD4, #CEB joined the Debt Pause Clause Alliance’s initiative to include clauses in contracts that defer debt service payments in case development countries face shocks, like natural disasters or pandemics. Proud to help protect vulnerable economies avoid deeper crises.

Education is 🔑to inclusive growth, resilient societies & long-term prosperity. #CEB and partners reaffirm its commitment to education as a foundation for sustainable development @ #FFD4. Read the joint statement👉https://shorturl.at/gwL6D

GV Monticelli highlighted the need to align financing with development priorities. To ensure that resources are mobilised for the most vulnerable, we need strong partnership with the private sector, ingenuity and multilateral cooperation @ #FFD4 event From Seville to Doha.

At #FfD4, GV Monticelli joined Paris dialogue partners to explore how multilateral action can unlock financing for inclusive development. With VG Gaudin & others, they discussed shared priorities & solutions to help implement outcomes of Seville.

🤝In the margins of the MDB Heads meeting in Paris, CEB &
@ebrd.bsky.social signed a mutual reliance agreement to streamline co-financing and boost impact of public sector projects outside the EU.

Press release➡️ tinyurl.com/3aurtkzt

#MDBs

In Paris, #CEB signed its first-ever Exposure Exchange Agreement (EEA) with Inter-American Development Bank, a historic €500M deal that's also the first EEA ever denominated in euros.

This partnership strengthens both MDBs and allows scaling up development financing👉 tinyurl.com/2vmudz2e

🤝#MDB Heads committed to strong joint action on development priorities today, at a meeting hosted by #CEB, marking a significant step toward effective collaboration ahead of #Ff4D.

➡️Joint Statement: tinyurl.com/2bswzt4m

Next week, #CEBGovernor Monticelli will join #FfD4 Conference in Seville, a key moment to advance sustainable& inclusive finance. As Europe’s social development bank & 2025 Chair of the MDBs Group, CEB will work with partners to drive coordinated action & lasting impact.

🤝🇪🇪We are excited to join forces with NIB to co-finance
@unitartupress.bsky.social state-of-the-art academic infrastructure in Estonia.

Press release👉 tinyurl.com/5x7p5w4e
#Education

🌟As Chair of Heads of MDBs Group in 2025, we are pleased to bring together MDB risk and finance decision makers for a two-day meeting in Paris, reflecting the growing commitment of our institutions to work more effectively as a system.

➡️ tinyurl.com/3fyhx5vd

CEB welcomed Dr Ihor Kuzin (🇺🇦Deputy Min. Health) & Dr Iryna Mykychak (Advisor to 🇺🇦 PM) to discuss ongoing cooperation. They reviewed progress under the HEAL project & the support being provided to a maternity and paediatric hospital in Kyiv, where urgent repairs are underway.

🎉🇭🇷Today we celebrate a two-decade long partnership with HBOR with a landmark €250 million loan. This tenth operation brings the total volume of CEB loans to HBOR to €1 billion, supporting more than

🎉🇭🇷Today we celebrate a two-decade long partnership with HBOR with a landmark €250 million loan.

This tenth operation brings the total volume of CEB loans to HBOR to €1 billion, supporting more than €2 billion in social investments across Croatia👉 tinyurl.com/37e2vjhj

At the closing of #PAFMI project we reflected on lessons learned and opportunities to scale up support for #migrant integration in 🇪🇺.

Managed by #CEB and funded by DG HOME, the project tested new partnerships and innovative finance in 🇧🇪🇫🇮🇮🇹🇳🇱👉 tinyurl.com/23n9y35f

Today, GV Monticelli was welcomed by German Min of Econ Cooperation & Development Reem Alabali-Radovan and Mayor of Hamburg Peter Tschentscher at #HSC25. The CEB joins the international community to promote the social dimension of #sustainability & #investment ahead of 2030.

GV Monticelli and VG Boehmer will join the Hamburg Sustainability Conference (📅 2–3 June), contributing to discussions on: development financing, internal displacement and skills & jobs for a green economy. #HSC25