Is it possible to develop an international consensus on the meaning of democracy and education for democratic citizenship? A cooperative project administered by the Center for Civic Education (CCE) in Calabasas, California is attempting to answer this question. Since 1996, the CCE has been developing "An International Framework for Education in Democracy," an international project with advisors and critics from every inhabited continent. This Digest discusses: (1) the purpose of the project to develop the International Framework; (2) the structure and content of the International Framework; and (3) the ongoing process of developing the International Framework. (BT)