On 23rd November, 2011 Ms Inka Lilja, Contact Person of the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs paid a visit to NCL. The main issue was to discuss on the project proposal of the Libraries for Development which its implementation will start on 2012 - 2014. The main objective of this project is to promote the knowledge based society and use of information technology at libraries, so as to render better services to the residents of the country. The Finnish Library Association will assist Tanzania Library Services Board to extend the services of the knowledge based society to the grassroots level, give tools for democratic participation, promote literacy, give information about health issues and support the economic empowerment in the local communities by e.g. assisting Small and Medium sized Entrepreneurs (SME´s), especially female entrepreneurs.

She also acquainted with the work of NCL, paid a tour of the Children and School Services Division to see various operations, where by she entertained with songs, plays, games, story telling, etc given by children found at NCL.