The parties to the Nanotechnology Cluster Programme are leading internationally networked research bodies studying nano- and microtechnologies and future materials based on them, world-class companies utilising expertise in these areas and others working to become such companies, and seven Finnish centres of expertise that are networking this expertise and the development of co-operation: the Helsinki Region, the Jyväskylä Region, the Kokkola Region, the Mikkeli Region, the Oulu Region, North Karelia and the Tampere Region.