The World Economic Forum brings together business leaders, politicians and heads of state, with artists, academics, religious leaders, and other civil society representatives.
Lesley-Anne Knight will be the first Caritas Internationalis Secretary General to attend the annual meeting held in Davos, Switzerland, which begins this year on Wednesday, 23 January.
Ms Knight says that reviving momentum behind the Millennium Development Goals will be her main objective at the Davos meeting.
Caritas to stress delivering for the poor at World Economic Forum in Davos