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The European Commission reacted on the recent labour market developments in Member Countries with the communication New Skills for New Jobs (NSNJ). One of the main themes of this communication is that the highly qualified labour force is the precondition of development of competitive and sustainable economy. To meet these objectives there is an eminent necessity to invest to the right skills and to effective anticipation of future trends in skill needs. The study Skills Supply and Demand in Europe developed by European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) is one of the important contributions to the future labour market trends anticipation. The authors of this article are describing the modelling approaches and results of this study enriched by the results for the Slovak Republic.