This article addresses the issue of the governance process, the notion of governance in contemporary states, its characteristics, as well as some aspects related to this process in the Republic of Moldova. Talking about the aspects of the governance process, concepts such as: state power, form of organization of society, with some contemporary characteristics, but also the phenomenon of globalization and its consequences for state power and the state as a whole, are simultaneously addressed. In the same way, the issue of the evolution of the state administration and the trend at the international level regarding its reform are also addressed.