Comparing Programme Theory and Intermediaries Views: Assessment of OSH Programmes in Italy The purpose of this research is to investigate the policy instruments and mechanisms that promote the dissemination of three Italian national programmes, and to study the contribution of intermediaries in enabling these mechanisms within the specific context of Italian micro and smallsized enterprises. Results show that some mechanisms are irrelevant in the dissemination of programmes because they are not supported by the activities of intermediaries; other mechanisms instead are better aligned with the role of intermediaries in the Italian context, so that they are much more effective. The study provides useful information both to improve the dissemination of existing programmes and to clarify to researchers and practitioners how the knowledge gained can be used in the design of new Italian (but not limited to) intervention programmes.

Managing Occupational Health and Safety in SMEs: An Evolutionary Webbased Tool Even though several guidelines have been proposed by public organizations about how to design an Occupational Health and Safety management system (OHSMS) customized to Small and Mediumsize Enterprises (SMEs), an approach integrating and OHSMS with the risk assessment under a unified and shared logic still misses. This paper presents an evolutionary OHS tool for SMEs that combines the advantages of a simplified procedure to develop a risk analysis and outline a set of risk prevention and protection measures at workplace, such as the one proposed by the Italian legislation, with the advantages of a simplified OHS management model. It is assumed that a software tool could be the preferential way to allow a wide diffusion and an effective application of this model. The online structure also enables distributing OHSrelated information directly from institutional databases. This information, provided within the same software tool used for risk assessment and OHS management, can significantly support in particular SMEs with a poor experience.