September
– Creation of a committee to establish 4.16 Foundation
(a committee within “4/16 Sewol Families for Truth and A Safer Society”)

July
– Installation of a planning advisory committee
 
September
– Installation of a planning department
 
October
– Briefing session with civil society organizations
– Installation of a steering committee and a planning committee
 
November
– Conference to establish 4.16 Foundation
– Invitation for “keepers of memory”

January
– Launch of the website
 
March
– Initiators’ meeting
 
April
– Confirmation of the title, vision, and mission
 
May
– Inaugural meeting
 
June
– Approval to establish a body corporate

March 30th
Invitation to 4.16 Life and Safety Park (Researchers)

April 3rd – April 21st
5th anniversary of Sewol Ferry Disaster and Remembrance Ceremony, “The Sea Will Not Sink”

April 16th
5th Memorial Ceremony and Citizen Involvement Event

May 11th
Memorial Forum for the 1st anniversary of foundation establishment
“With Repeated Disasters in Korea, How Should We Live”

June 1st
Invitation to 4.16 Life and Safety Park (Artists/Performing Artists)

June 22nd
Invitation to 4.16 Life and Safety Park (Youths)

August 2nd – 5th
Essay on 4.16 Memory and Promise to Sewol Ferry Victims and bystanders

August 16th – November 17th
Conference to Support Victims’ Families and other affected parties (by school class / subsequent to survey results)

October 16th – October 17th
1st Training for the Capacity-building of the Victims’ Families and other affected parties (Life and Security Park: Exhibition)

October 31st – December 29th
Project to support the Victims’ Families and other affected parties: website development for marketing and promotion (4.16 Atelier)

November 2nd
Invitation to 4.16 Life and Safety Park (Designers)

November 15th
Announcement: result of “Memory and Promise Project 2019” 4.16 Life and Safety Park Logo & Design Contest

November 16th
4.16 World-Changing Youth Festival

November 18th – December 16th
Project to support the Victims’ Families and other affected parties: Approach to Conflict Resolution, through private or group consultation (4.16 Woodworking Room)

November 20th – November 22nd
International forum on the rights of the Project to support the Victims’ Families and other affected parties: “Asking for the Rights of Project to support the Victims’ Families and other affected parties”
Disaster and Safety Education for the Project to support the Victims’ Families and other affected parties of 4.16 Sewol ferry disaster

November 27th – November 29th
Dark Tour of the establishment of 4.16 Life and Safety Park (Jeju)

December 1st – December 7th
Training for the first 4.16 memorial supporters (Germany)

December 6th
Policy Debate: strengthening safe operation and policy of coastal passenger ships

December 7th
Announcement: results of “The Dreams of 4.16” (Hope Support Project for Youth and Teenagers)

December 11st – December 20th
Cooperative Association: basics and advanced courses

December 19th
4.16 Foundation Business Reporting 2019
Award ceremony and meeting: study result of Life and Safety Support Project
– RE-START SAFE KOREA: Performance report and Award ceremony
Safety Culture Contest Award Ceremony

December 20th
Special Lecture of Capacity-Building Seminar: “Our History of Communication and Hope”

December 22nd – December 24th
Localized Training of Capacity-Building Seminar: “How Our Children Will Be Remembered”

December 26th
Presentation and Discussion of the “Study on The Disaster Victim Activists and Their Effectiveness in Activities”

March 6th
Result of the “Study on The Disaster Victim Activists and Their Effectiveness in Activities”

March 13th – March 28th
4.16 Sewol Ferry Disaster Victims Conference (by school class)

April 12th
Sixth Memorial Service on
Board I

April 16th
Sixth Memorial Service on Board II

April 16th
Sixth Memorial Ceremony

May 13th
Final presentation: “Management Plan for the Retrieved Belongings and Documents of the Victims”

May 28th – June 28th
Sixth Memorial Exhibition

June 26th
Final Presentation of 4.16 Foundation: “Planning and Development of the Programs in Building a Safe Society”