There are number of criteria to be taken into account in a quality project, which relate to the totality of the project and the relationship between the various elements within it.

Some of these are:

• Coherence: both internally within the project – that is the link between the objectives, the means and the actions undertaken – and externally – that is the link between the project and the beneficiaries, the local environment and the institutional characteristics.
• Congruence: the relationship between the needs identified as the rationale for the project and the actual results, both expected and unexpected.
• Efficiency: the relationship between the results and the methods used to achieve them.
• Effectiveness: the relationship between the goals and the objectives and the actual results