South Africa Power Pool (SAPP) 2012-19 Phase 3 - SAPP, phase 3 South Africa Power Pool (SAPP) 2012-19 Phase 3 Fortsatt kapacitetsutvecklingsstöd till Southern African Power Pool,  fas 3. Continued capacity development to Southern African Power Pool (SAPP)  2013-2015, This is the the third phase of a support to regional electricity trading in the SADC region, that started alreay in 2003 (by Norway). Sweden has supported phase II (2008-2012) and three (2012-2021) with 12 and 20 million SEK respectively. Norways contribution has been 76 million NOK (phase I - 35, phase II - 23, phase III - 18). The third phase was in practice terminated in 2015 (which was the intended closing year from the beginning), but has stayed opened as there has been funds left in the agreement and Norway have choosen to keep it open. In practive, program activities were from 2016 taken over by the World Bank driven AREP program, which only was supported by Sida until beginning of 2021 when Norway rejoined.
The overall objective of the phase III support from Norway and Sweden program was to "assist the SAPP in providing least cost environmentally friendly affordable energy and increased accessibility to electricity in Southern Africa". The development objective of the program was to "implement an efficient regional electricity spot market in the SADC region that is least cost, and provides environmentally friendly, affordable, efficient energy, and is sustainable in the future".