The Tanzania's Employment Service Agency (TaESA) is an Executive Agency under the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Under this agency, and in order to better protect departing migrants, the Government of Tanzania organizes pre-departure training to migrants.

Apart from the provision of the above trainings, the TaESA has the main functions:

• Provides placement services to jobseekers and employers;
• Coordinates, provide and monitoring of cross-border placement services;
• Prepares programs for providing employment services to the general public;
• Collect, analyze and disseminate Labour Market Information (LMI) to stakeholders and the general public;
• Issue work permits and monitors employment of non-citizens;
• Promotes the provision of job search skills training, career guidance and employment counseling;
• Regulates, registers and monitors public and private employment service agencies, and;
• Promote the use of manual and automated Employment Services processing and analysis techniques.