It is apparent that the monitoring of key projects by the national
government has evolved. The first-generation key projects did not
use a predetermined evaluation framework for urban quality,
while the Chief Government Architect drew up a number of general
indicators of urban quality for the second-generation projects
(Atelier Rijksbouwmeester, 2002). This was not a framework of
quantifiable indicators, because urban quality largely depends on
qualitative and partly subjective factors such as the quality of the
public space and architectonic quality. Moreover, the active
involvement of the Chief Government Architect was limited to
the plan development phase. Major decisions on urban quality
were taken later, and by then the monitoring of the projects by
the national government had become less frequent and was limited
to progress and finance. The Chief Government Architect’s office
has not yet conducted its evaluation of the urban quality of the
projects.