

In object mode, set geometry to origin with Shift + Ctrl + Alt + C.

(Not a clean solution, but should work for most 2D-object purposes.) Select all vertices and make an N-gon Face between them with F.In Edit Mode, select all vertices and remove doubles.Select all of the curves and use Ctrl + J to join.To clean up the imported svg, I took these measures: At the center of your scene, the flat monkey head is imported as curves.Under File > Import select Scalable Vector Graphics and select the file on your desktop. Render the image and an SVG will be placed on your desktop.

