  Studies in astroparticle physics are actively developed all over the world.
It is clear that the effectiveness of the work depends strongly on the
information exchange rate and on the overall coordination of this activity. An
international forum, be it virtual, which can join all the groups and
coordinate their efforts would give a boost to this cooperation. Particularly
this is important for isolated scientific groups and scientists from small
countries which can contribute a lot to this work being a part of the large
international collaboration. Objectives, instruments and structure of proposed
Virtual Instutute of Astroparticle Physics are discussed.
