NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – July 2022 increased number of sheltered workshops and workers from 13,616 people in 496 places in 2015 to 15,262 people in 573 places in 2018 as well as simplified evaluation procedure such as a temporary switch of face-to-face evaluation to written evaluation or reduced number of evaluation for the period of 2020 to 2021 to prevent COVID-19. 33 The number of workers with disabilities who succeeded in job switch is 63 in 2020(1,765 participants) and 71 in 2021(860 participants). The rate of conversion of participants of the conversion support projects is 5.1%, which is higher compared to that of workers with disabilities in vocational rehabilitation facilities at 2.3%(As of 2016). It is needed to consider that the project was carried out in line with the spread of COVID-19. 34 In July 2020, Seoul city introduced for the first time “right-oriented public jobs customized for persons with severe disabilities(rights-oriented public jobs)”, and 260 people with severe disabilities worked in three jobs: protection of disability rights; culture and art; and disability human rights education. It is currently being implemented in Gyeonggi and Chuncheon, and Jeonbuk Jeonnam and Gyeongnam are also discussing the introduction of rights-oriented public jobs. 57