The questions aris are what it is to have good govemance, how to achieve that, and are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in such a pursuit This presentation will address some of the challenges involved in such a pursuit First I will define governance, which is not easy given that a myriad of definitions can and have been given, The same goes inter alia for the prefix "good" in the combination "good governance". Iwill argue that Merilee Grindle was right when she concluded that striving for good govemance as an ideal situation poses serious threats (Grindle, 2004).