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Together with regional partners, investigative journalism center Siena.lt will develop a project devoted to increasing transparency in Sirvintos region, where local government has developed traits of autocracy and displays attempts to limit freedom of information and freedom of speech. The project will improve the knowledge and skills of local journalists based in Sirvintos. Together with investigative reporters from Vilnius, regional journalists will investigate public spending and connections of decision makers in Sirvintos, in order to identify cases of corruption, nepotism and abuse of power. The work will combine a set of traditional investigative journalism techniques and innovative IT-based solutions and tools. The project will increase the level of transparency and accountability in Sirvintos. It will also attract the public attention to the state of democracy and freedom of expression not only in Sirvintos, but across Lithuania.