Ramirez, RicardoQuarry, WendyBrodhead, DalZaveri, Sonal2019-08-162019-08-162019-08-10Ramirez, R., Quarry, W., Brodhead, D. and S. Zaveri. 2019. Evaluation and communication mentoring for capacity development: a hybrid decision-making framework. Knowledge Management for Development Journal Online first. 20pp www.km4djournal.org/http://hdl.handle.net/10625/57847The decision-making framework enables projects and programs to take ownership of their evaluation and communication plans. The framework covered in this article is a blend of utilization-focused evaluation (UFE) and research communication supported by mentoring. This detailed paper summarizes over six years of action-research in capacity development in the fields of evaluation and communication. It is based on experience with the two-phased Developing Evaluation Capacity in Information Society Research (DECI) project which was made up of a team of practitioners spread over three continents.application/pdfenEVALUATION RESEARCHEVALUATION AND MONITORINGMENTORINGUTILIZATION FOCUSED EVALUATIONPROJECT MANAGEMENTRESEARCH CAPACITY DEVELOPMENTINFORMATION SOCIETYCOMPLEXITYCASE STUDIESCOMMUNICATION STRATEGIESGLOBALMedia Article