2 Table of Contents: 1. EHF Preamble 2. EHF Keynote / Objective 3. EHF System of Refereeing 3.1. EHF Statutory and non-statutory bodies (EHF CC, TRC, Office, etc.) 3.2. EHF Master plan and educational activities 3.3. EHF Structure of refereeing 3.4. EHF Lecturers 3.5. EHF Young referee programme (YRP) 3.6. EHF Female referee promotion 4. National Referee Recruitment Promotion – Advancement 4.1. Referee profile 4.2. Basic education 4.3. Example DEN 5. National Referee Education Curriculum – Teaching – Training -Testing 5.1. Basics 5.2. Theoretical, practical and physical training/testing 5.3. EHF Recommendations on physical/technical training, mental preparation and testing 6. EHF/National Referee Evaluation – Further training 6.1. Delegate / Mentoring system 6.2. Cooperation with coaches 7. EHF CAN Services and support 7.1. EHF Web portal 7.2. EHF Course documentation archive 7.3. EHF Video database 7.4. EHF Referee website / Cooperation with FIBA Europe Techno Centre (FETC) 8. Challenges of the future 9. List of annexes (1-11)