6 Based on a proposal by the EHF Technical Refereeing Committee (TRC), the EHF Competitions Commission (CC) suggested the organization of the 2010 EHF Referee Education Workshop to the EHF Technical Delegation (TD), which arranged the educational event between 2nd and 4th July, 2010 in Vienna/AUT. After the 2005 EHF Referees and Delegates’ Convention, the European Handball Federation (EHF) invited, once again, all EHF Member Federations to nominate their chiefs of referees – as well as those facilitators taking care of referee education to Vienna/AUT for a common EHF workshop, dealing mainly with referee education on national level. The participants were interactively involved in discussions and finalized the framework concept of the EHF Guidelines for National Referee Education, assisted by the attending EHF CC and TRC members. Special focus was also placed on the EHF Young Referee Programme, as well as on possible recruiting strategies for attracting more female referee couples for both national and European level refereeing. Furthermore, representatives from FIBA Europe (basketball) contributed to the workshop with some very interesting insights into officiating, with particular reference to players and coaches’ behaviour. This was not the first time that the EHF co-operated with specialists from other team sports: UEFA (football) was represented by referees and refereeing specialists in previous educational meetings and workshops. A thorough discussion around the 2010 IHF Rules, as well as an explanation of them, completed the agenda for the event programme, which focused primarily on the following points: EHF Guidelines/Curriculum for National Referee Education EHF Course Archive and Video based e-learning Internet Portal as Teaching Tool EHF Young Referee Programme Coordination Referee/Delegate Cooperation Referee/Coach Cooperation as an Educational Principle One of the main tasks of the TRC is the improvement and standardisation of the Referee Education system within the EHF Member Federations. The TRC members have agreed upon the preparation of a basic National Educational Curriculum, comprising guidelines to fulfil at least the minimum requirements for continental refereeing level in Europe. Referee education and the permanent development of officiating are of prime interest and great importance to the joint structure of European Handball. A clear procedure and good organization constitute the backbone of this structure. The contents represent national, as well as international standards for referee education in Europe. Regular checks are necessary to ensure continuous